Testing your blood sugar is one of the essential daily tasks required to ensure your glucose levels aren’t spiking too high or dropping too low. Testing is a highly individualized requirement and frequency will rely on multiple factors.

Diabetic Control

If you’re managing your disease well, you won’t need to test as often and may be able to test as little as three or four times per day. If you’ve been newly diagnosed, there’s a good chance that you could be testing up to six times per day. Your doctor may also ask that you keep a record of what you eat and your activities. It will give the physician data to help create a treatment plan.

Insulin

You may be taking an oral diabetes medication, injecting insulin, or both. Taking insulin injections will require testing at least three times per day to ensure glucose levels aren’t too high or too low.

Physical Activity

Engaging in physical activity helps reduce insulin resistance and an active lifestyle may require more frequent testing. Insulin enables the body to use glucose for energy to fuel physical activities. Working out, playing sports, walking the dog and other activities can result in a dangerous drop in glucose levels without testing.

Type of Employment

Some jobs are more dangerous than others and represent a safety risk to yourself and others if your blood sugar fluctuates too widely. Occupations in which you drive, operate heavy equipment, fly a plane, or pilot a boat may not be an option, even under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Other Factors

There are a number of outside influences that can affect your blood sugar levels. Stress, illness, an injury or surgery will affect glucose levels and how often you test. Menstruation, menopause and even some prescription medications can increase your glucose levels and the need for more frequent testing.

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