Tip 1: Washing hands with warm soapy water will help blood collection be successful in the first time
As we all know, alcohol disinfection is a very common method, but long-term use of alcohol disinfection will dehydrate the skin of the hands and become dry and rough.
Before blood collection, patients with diabetes should wash their fingers with warm soapy water, which can effectively prevent infection and remove other impurities on the hands. It can also effectively keep the hands clean and warm, thereby ensuring a successful blood collection; this also indirectly avoids the risk of blood collection failure. And produce the pain of multiple blood collections.
Tips:
After cleaning the hands of people with diabetes, they should ensure that the blood collection site is dry before collecting blood to avoid affecting the accuracy of blood glucose measurement.
Tip 2: Accelerate blood circulation in hands
Before pricking your finger, you can massage your fingertips 5 to 6 times or gently rub your hands to help blood circulation in your fingers. You can also choose to droop your arms to make them better filled with blood, ensuring the success rate of blood collection and reducing pain. .
Tips:
After pricking your finger with a blood glucose needle, do not squeeze your finger forcefully. This will cause a large amount of tissue fluid to mix into the blood, thus affecting the accuracy of the blood collection results.
Tip 3: The best place to collect blood is on both sides of the fingertips
Which finger should people with diabetes choose to test their blood sugar? Some people with diabetes say to choose the thumb because it won’t hurt very much, while others say to choose the little finger because it is not used often. In fact, there is not much difference in the blood sugar values measured by ten fingers. However, considering factors such as infection and pain, it is best to choose fingers with less activity, low infection rate, and low pain, such as the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger.
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The best site for blood collection is on both sides of the fingertips, because the blood supply on both sides of the fingertips is richer and there are relatively few sensory nerve endings, making bleeding easier and less painful.
Tip 4: Choose the correct needle insertion angle
The chosen needle insertion angle directly affects the intensity of pain for patients with diabetes. It is recommended that patients with diabetes choose to insert the needle vertically, because the trauma surface of straight up and down is the smallest, which will reduce the pain of patients with diabetes when measuring their blood sugar. In addition, patients with diabetes should choose the appropriate depth according to the thickness of the skin of the finger and insert it with an automatic blood pen to prevent pain caused by inserting too deeply.
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In fact, many people with diabetes reduce the number of blood sugar tests because they are afraid of pain, resulting in unsatisfactory blood sugar control. In fact, mastering the skills can greatly reduce the pain during blood sugar tests. In addition to tips for measuring blood sugar, patients with diabetes should choose a blood collection needle with a straight up and straight down ballistic principle. It can guide the needle to move linearly on a fixed horizontal line, minimizing the need for the needle to contact nerve endings and directly reducing hand pain.
Tip 5: Replace blood collection needles every time
Here we need to share some common knowledge about blood collection with people with diabetes: the blood collection needles we usually use are disposable and cannot be reused. If reused, the needle of the blood collection needle will wear out and increase pain. Also, if the same blood collection needle is reused, it is easy to get other debris on the blood collection needle, which will lead to inaccurate measurement results.
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In addition, it is best for patients with diabetes to change their fingers for blood collection. If blood collection is performed on the same finger, the blood collection site should be 5 mm away from the last pricked site.
I hope these tips for testing your sugar can help you all.
