Capillary blood glucose
Capillary blood glucose is that which is measured by practicing a small prick of a finger to extract a drop of blood that is then placed on a test strip and analyzed using a glucometer. It is a system widely used by diabetic patients, both type 1 and type 2, to carry out daily self-monitoring of their blood glucose values at home. This daily check is carried out with a device known as a glucometer. The prick is done using a lancet or a special pen that contains a fine needle and it is also necessary to have the test strips, essential to complete the blood glucose measurement. It is recommended to carry out the capillary glycemic control test as soon as you get up, before having breakfast and then write down the value obtained in a notebook, although the glucometers have a memory in which the data of each measurement performed are stored. Write it down in a notebook, it allows to accompany the figures obtained by annotations referring to food, exercise, etc. In this way, the doct