The name of the device used to measure blood glucose is Glimemeter, a small easy-to-use device that serves to indicate the amount of blood sugar in the individual at that very moment.
Having a device to measure blood glucose is very important for pre-diabetic and diabetic individuals, insulin-dependent or not, to know how to identify the hypoglycemia that occurs when the amount of blood sugar is too low and also hyperglycemia when sugar is too high.
Common Glucometer
In the usual glycosimeter a drop of blood should be drawn with the needle coming in a pen-like apparatus, wetting the glucose meter in that drop of blood, inserting the respective part into the reader and verifying the result appears on the screen shortly thereafter.
This type of meter can be bought in pharmacies, drugstores, some supermarkets or in stores of medical and hospital products and the price ranges between 35 and 200 reais.
FreeStyle Free
There is also another type of blood glucose meter called FreeStyle Libre which is a small device that must be attached to the back of the arm where it stays for 2 weeks, which is able to show the blood glucose value at that time, without the need to have it take a drop of blood. The free style allows you to know the blood glucose by the cell indicating the value at that exact moment, in the last 8 hours and also the tendency of the next instants.
FreeStyle Libre can check blood glucose continuously, pointing out when it comes to eating or using insulin, preventing hypoglycemia from settling in, and the complications that diabetes can bring from excess blood sugar. In addition, with the cell phone properly registered it is possible to know the glycemia of another person, even at a distance because the system allows.
The equipment is discreet and it is possible to bathe, go to the pool and enter the sea because it is resistant to water and sweat, so it does not need to be removed until it runs out of battery after 14 days of continuous use.
FreeStyle Free Price
Abbott's FreeStyle glycosimeter can be purchased at Onofre drugstores or on the Internet and costs approximately 400 reais and sensors that need to be changed every month cost around 260 reais. Although it is a slightly more expensive outfit, it can make up for the fact that you do not have to stick your finger in for a drop of blood, which for some people is needed more than 10 times a day.
