Unreliable blood-glucose readings
People with diabetes who monitor their blood glucose by pricking a finger can get an erroneous reading if they handle or peel fruit beforehand, two studies in the March
Diabetes Care
show. In one report, researchers in the Netherlands found that some people who didn’t wash their hands before taking a blood-glucose reading got widely different readings between the first and second drops measured.
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