DDI PRODIGY AUDIO 51720 User Manual page 6

P R O D I G Y
What is the advantage?
Fingertips feel pain more readily because
they are full of nerve endings (receptors). At
other body sites, nerve endings are not so
numerous, and you will not feel as much
pain as you will experience at the fingertip.
When to use AST?
Food, medication, illness, stress, and exer-
cise all can affect blood glucose
levels. Capillary blood at the fingertip
reflects these changes faster than
capillary blood at other sites. Therefore,
if you are testing your blood glucose level
during or immediately after a meal, physical
exercise, or stressful event, take the blood
sample from your fingertip only.
Use AST only:
• Two hours or more after your last meal.
• Two hours or more after taking insulin.
• Two hours or more after exercise.
Do NOT use AST if:
• You have reason to believe you have
hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia.
• Your routine glucose results are often fluc-
tuating.
• You are pregnant.
To increase the accuracy when using AST, rub the puncture
site before extracting blood.
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