Diabetic Dictinary
Keton stix- a strip you urinate on to see if you have sugar in your urine. You use them when your about 250 and higher.
Achol- a pad to clean off the spot where your going to do your ingection.
Ingection- when you give yourself a shot.
Test Strip- a small stick you slide into your monitor.
Monitor- a machine used to test your blood sugar.
Glucose-another word for sugar.
Bolus-You give the a mount of insulin i your pump.
NPH- NPH is a type of  insulin.
Regular- Regular is another type ofinsulin.
Set- If you have a pump, a set is th tube in your stomach
Humolog- Is another type of insulin.
Lancets- a tiny needle used to poke blood out of you.
Control Solution-Fake blood used to change codes on the monitor.
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plunger rod-used on a pump to pull back insulin.
Needle Phobia- It's when your afraid of needles.
Nutrition-The utilization of food substance.
Fructosamine-A test that measures the sugar attached to the albumin in the blood ,wich reflects how often the blood sugars have been high over two to three weeks.
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The Diabetic Dictanary is used to help Diabetics with some words that they might not know.