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Things to know before using Testing Strips
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
What is Diabetes Mellitus ? Diabetes mellitus, also commonly erred to as diabetes is a chronic, lifelong condition that affects ability of your body to use the energy derived from food. There are about three primary kinds of diabetes that people suffer from:
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
All types of diabetes mellitus have something in common. Normally, your body breaks down the sugars and carbohydrates you consume into a special sugar erred to as glucose. Glucose works towards fuelling your body cells. However, the cells require insulin (hormone) in your bloodstream to get glucose utilize it for energy. When an individual suffers from diabetes mellitus, the body either doesnt make enough insulin or is unable to produce insulin or a combination of both.
The Testing Strips for diabetes will allow you test your blood sugar safely at home. This is the best way to monitor your blood sugar levels. The test strips are made from plastic. The last part of the strip is usually covered with enzymes. Dehydrogenise or glucose is the most common enzymes used to coat diabetes testing strips.
Here are certain things you require considering prior to buying testing strips:
The Price
Since testing strips are the costliest elements in the process of, you need to know the amount of money involved. The diabetic test strips are a monthly expense for you. So try to get these from a place where you get the lowest price. You need to research online to get compatible yet affordable testing strips for your glucose monitor.
Expiration Date
The glucose meter readings can be useless if your test strips cross expiration date. Hence, you need to always check the dates before buying them.
Coding
Many diabetic meters can coded for each batch or vial. The newer monitors dont need any coding. Make sure you look for "no coding" if you wish to avoid the coding system.
Read more for knowing about Testing Strips.
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
All types of diabetes mellitus have something in common. Normally, your body breaks down the sugars and carbohydrates you consume into a special sugar erred to as glucose. Glucose works towards fuelling your body cells. However, the cells require insulin (hormone) in your bloodstream to get glucose utilize it for energy. When an individual suffers from diabetes mellitus, the body either doesnt make enough insulin or is unable to produce insulin or a combination of both.
The Testing Strips for diabetes will allow you test your blood sugar safely at home. This is the best way to monitor your blood sugar levels. The test strips are made from plastic. The last part of the strip is usually covered with enzymes. Dehydrogenise or glucose is the most common enzymes used to coat diabetes testing strips.
Here are certain things you require considering prior to buying testing strips:
The Price
Since testing strips are the costliest elements in the process of, you need to know the amount of money involved. The diabetic test strips are a monthly expense for you. So try to get these from a place where you get the lowest price. You need to research online to get compatible yet affordable testing strips for your glucose monitor.
Expiration Date
The glucose meter readings can be useless if your test strips cross expiration date. Hence, you need to always check the dates before buying them.
Coding
Many diabetic meters can coded for each batch or vial. The newer monitors dont need any coding. Make sure you look for "no coding" if you wish to avoid the coding system.
Read more for knowing about Testing Strips.
What Population Health and Care Management Needs to Know About Getting People to Take Their Pills
Friday, January 17, 2014
Suspecting that the poorly controlled [insert name of chronic condition here] is the result of not taking the medication as prescribed, the doctor says: "Remember to take the [insert name of pharmaceutical here]!"After silently concluding that the benefit of the medicine is less than the cost, hassles, side effects and long-term risks, the patient thinks "Like hell!"
That scenario has probably been played out thousands of times today in clinics across the United States. According to Zachary Marcum and colleagues writing in the May 22 JAMA, thats costing $100 billion a year.
Doctors like the Disease Management Care Blog have responded to "medication nonadherence" with entreaties to take the pills as prescribed. When docs take the time to address the issue with patients, research shows it can make a positive difference.
Marcum et al believe physicians can do better if they understand the six types of behaviors that lead to medicines going unused:
1. Insufficient understanding of the link to health and well-being
2. A decision that the benefit is exceeded by the costs.
3. Complexity of the medication management overwhelms the patient
4. Inattention (or what the authors describe as low vigilance)
5. Irrational or conflicting beliefs about medicine
6. Perceived lack of efficacy
What does the population health management service provider community need to know about this?
1. There are a variety of screening surveys that can be used to identify each of the patterns above; unfortunately for DMCB readers, however, there is no single survey that can do it all.
2. There is also no single intervention that has been shown to consistently increase medication compliance. Instead, multiple concurrent supports are needed, including education and behavioral support. This paper by Ho et al echoes that assessment, pointing out that there is ample evidence that other valuable supports include reducing the number of pills, use of special containers, telemonitoring with interactive voice response, non-physician (nurse or pharmacist) one-on-one involvement and regular clinical follow-up with reminders. Last but not least this paper in the Annals points out that reducing out of pocket patient costs can also make a difference.
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