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Does the cold affect the glycometer reading?

  
carolinarp
11/30/2011 4:53 a.m.

Hello,

Do you know if the cold affects the glycometer reading?

I do not usually measure myself on the street, but this morning after breakfast, which usually gives me about 140, it has given me 56: Shock: ...

Of course, it was very cold!

Thank you,

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DiabetesForo
11/30/2011 12:56 p.m.

Well, it depends on the glucometer, you can read it in the instructions.
If you have them, you can always turn to Sangoogle.

My glucometer has these specifications:

Operating intervals
Temperature: 6–44 ° C.
Altitude: Up to 3,048 meters
Relative humidity: 10–90%
Hematocrit: 30–55%

Outside those intervals the glucometer gives error.

With the rest of glucometers the figures must be similar, I suppose.

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tica
11/30/2011 1:25 p.m.

When I am going to ski, I have to take it inside the jacket because if I carry it in the backpack or start.The bomb has given me some problem at altitude

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Nacho_71
12/01/2011 2:50 a.m.

I have proven that if I have cold, the measurements are lower.Although the glucometer has been in a temperate place.

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carolinarp
12/01/2011 4:46 a.m.

Well, it will be that, yes ... because today warm I have returned to the traditional post-desayuno values.Today 151.

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david29
12/01/2011 4:26 p.m.

Well, I had never noticed it to see if I will not be able to skiar ...

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Quim
12/02/2011 7:25 a.m.

Hello colleagues.
Because the glucometer can fail in slightly extreme temperatures.I am a traveler at the moment I had no problem.
When it is very cold, it is as easy as taking the apparatus and putting it in both hands for a few minutes.With the body's own heat it has to be enough.
For heat it is being in the umbrella and would have to work.
A hug, Quim

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