Dr. Divakara. P
Internal Medicine
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Hi doctor,
My father checked his fasting sugar in a blood glucose home monitor using blood taken from pricking the finger and then putting drops of that blood on a test strip. It came out 130 mg/dL. Then, he went to a laboratory and there he gave his blood sample. In laboratory test, the fasting sugar came out to be 108 mg/dL. What is the reason for this difference? The laboratory test was done one hour after the test on home monitor. The same thing has happened many times. Why does home monitor show higher reading than that in the laboratory?
Hi,
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First of all, there shall be difference in reading of blood sugars checked through glucometerand that done in the laboratory. Because, laboratory check for serum blood glucose and home monitor check for blood glucose. There is a minor difference between blood and serum. Moreover, with the passage of time the blood or even serum sugar keeps decreasing unless the person eats something. So, a delay of 1 hour by itself can cause the laboratory value to come less than home monitor. So, next time when you do laboratory test for your father do check from home monitor at the same time when a blood sample is drawn for laboratory testing.
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