Abbot Diabetes Care Glucose Testing
One of the reasons people with diabetes say they don’t test regularly is because of the discomfort and inconvenience of glucose testing. That’s why Abbott Diabetes Care concentrates specifically on developing products that are easy to use, require small blood samples and provide fast results — great news if you must test several times a day.
Abbott Diabetes Care also offers insulin syringes and lancets as well as nutritional supplements formulated for people with diabetes.
Plain and simple, Abbott Diabetes Care utilizes advanced technology and research to make monitoring and managing diabetes just a little bit easier.
Discover Freestyle from Abbott Diabetes Care
Among Abbott Diabetes Care’s glucose testing products are the FreeStyle family of products, including:
• FreeStyle Navigator
• FreeStyle Lite
• FreeStyle Freedom
• FreeStyle Flash
These Abbott Diabetes Care blood glucose meters all require tiny blood sample sizes — about the size of a pinhead. And a smaller sample size generally means less discomfort.
These glucose testing systems also offer you the option to test on fingers and alternate sites such as your thigh, forearm, calf or palm.
Get More Data With Continuous Glucose Testing
The FreeStyle Navigator system from Abbott Diabetes Care uses a sensor that you place in the back of your upper arm or abdomen to continuously monitor your glucose levels. Data is recorded once per minute. Abbott Diabetes Care has found that this continuous monitoring can give you and your doctor the kind of data you need to make important decisions about your diabetes treatment.
The Precision Xtra glucose monitor from Abbott Diabetes Care is one of the first glucose testing monitors to offer ketone testing. These chemicals, which appear in your blood and urine when your body burns fat for energy, can build up and cause a very serious condition called ketoacidosis.
Data Management from Abbott Diabetes Care
Abbott Diabetes Care also offers data management systems as an accessory to most FreeStyle blood glucose testing systems. These can help you and your healthcare professional review and analyze blood glucose test results, insulin dosages and carbohydrate intake data. Using this data, you can then make more-informed decisions about your diabetes management program.
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