Blood glucose measurements using finger pricks has always been the Gold standard. This method has been thoroughly analyzed and found to be reproducible, reliable and generates consistent results. But now this method is starting to face stiff competition.
The discomfort and inconvenience of finger pricking is one reason people with diabetes don't check their blood sugar as often as they should. Finger pricking is uncomfortable and is painful. To counter the finger pricking, researchers have been trying to develop novel ways to measure blood glucose. The following are alternatives available today:
Blood can also be obtained from the upper arm, thigh or abdomen. These alternative sites of obtaining blood are much less painful than the finger prick. The only problem with getting from alternative sites is that levels of blood sugar obtained are not always accurate especially in cases where the sugar levels may be quickly increasing or decreasing.
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