Self-monitoring plays an essential part in treating Diabetes. It allows you to eat normally and to enjoy a healthy life. The results from your self-monitoring will give you and your Diabetes care team the information that they need to adjust your therapy.

It also allows you to manage stress and illness much better.

Does self-monitoring decrease Diabetes complications?

If you test your blood glucose frequently, you will have better control over your Diabetes and therefore fewer complications. Trials such as the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) show that:

• More frequent self-monitoring can significantly help decrease or slow the development of complications in people with Type 1 Diabetes
• Intensive therapy designed to lower blood glucose levels actually reduces the risk of complications such as eye, kidney and nerve damage by up to 75% for people with Type 1 Diabetes
• Better blood glucose control for people with Type 2 Diabetes reduces the risk of:

* Major Diabetic eye disease by 25%
* Early kidney damage by 33%
* Death from long-term Diabetes complications by 33%
* Strokes by more than 33%

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