When a patient is diagnosed diabetes, the first thing health provider suggest is to buy a glucometer. Glucose monitoring would become something commen for him.

When first diagnosed, glucose checking might be 4 times a day during therapy (fasting blood glucose, premeal and aftermeal ones), to see if the medication is right on its way. After that, it is recommended twice a week and may reduce to twice a month afterwards.

Blood sugar level is an indication of your health status. When you don't feel well, check your glucose level first, especially for people on insulin.

Some patients would like to go to clinics or hospitals for glucose check. However, this is not recommended. Blood sugar level is changing all the time, and may fluctate severely when the surrounding and emotion elements are changing. So, if you encounter an old friend on the way to glucose check, the result may be very high. It is also not easy to control the time between checking and meals.

With the development of medical technology, checking blood sugar levels is becoming more and more convinient and painless. It brings advantage for patients' blood glucose control.