Blood Sugar level conversions.

[Lady Knight]

Does anyone have the conversion rate for blood sugars ?????

I keep hearing/reading about Blood Sugar levels so high that here you would be dead and buried bc you guys obviously use a different system.

over here, we try and keep our BS between 4.0 and 8.0. anything under 4 is considered hypoglysemic (sp) and anything over 8. is considered hyperglysemic.

My moniter (An Advantage 2) goes from 1.4 to 31. Lower than that I get a LO reading and higher than that it gets chatty and says HI.

I have had a couple of LO readings and quite a few HI readings, but I have learnt to just adjust my dosage and amount of shots to counteract the highs.

I would love to know what the 'normal' levels are so that I can envisage where people are BS wise because at the moment I'm shooting in the dark here.

[KimmerRN]

Hi Maree! :hello:

Yep, we use a different system here. I'm not sure what the exact conversion is, but I can try to find it for you!

Our range here is 70-110.... or at least that's where they like your blood sugar to be. Many of my diabetic patients we have to cover with short-acting insulin while they are sick... for example, we treat our post-op hearts with insulin injections until their blood sugar hits 250, then we start an Insulin drip (IV) .

Realistically, many of our diabetics usually live near 150, so many of the sliding scales - or short acting insulin coverage doesn't start until blood sugar checks are over 150.

Hope this makes some sense. :teeth:

[Liz&NicksMom]

Yep the US use a different system than us too....Of course you Australians use the same as us :)

[AnnieQ]

This is very interesting since I am new to all this. Kim they want mine any where from 70 to 140.

[KimmerRN]

Yep, Annie. The "Textbook" range is 70-110, however, many of the people have such high glucose/accu check readings when they are diagnosed, the actual range the MD gives you is a little more liberal, such as the 70 to 140 range they gave you. This is because you have been at a higher level for probably some time, if they got your glucose down to where mine is... about 90... you might have a hypoglycemic reaction. So, they give you a higher end range to help your body adjust better. Over time, your body will get used to the lower glucose/blood sugars, the lower numbers won't bother you as much.

:ghug: Good luck, Annie! :cheer: You can do it! :hug:

[AnnieQ]

Thanks Kim and I am sure I will understand more of this real soon.

[KimmerRN]

I know you will! :wink2: