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| Wed, 09-26-2007 - 7:27am |
I was just wondering...when I test my BS I sometimes get black and blue marks. I rotate using 1 finger per day...I stick the sides and the middle of the pad. Occasionally I will look at my finger later and I have a black and blue spot (it usually lasts 1-2 days)....my meter says I can use the forearm or the base of the thumb but not for testing after meals which is when I basically test.
Just curious and wondered if this happens to anyone else and what would cause it.
Rita

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Hi Cheryl,
I change my lancet daily.
Another thought...
That's what I was thinking that maybe the pricking device was set too high because I have never experienced black and blue marks either.
I even did a search online and didn't see anything about this.
Do you normally bruise easily?
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Once in a great while I will get bruising and it is usually when I have pushed too hard with the lancing devise and gotten much more blood than I need. Also if I don't put sufficient pressure on the site after I test. Now I have a clotting defect and this is when you see it! But probably 99% of the time I don't bruise. You can use alternative sites but not if the test results are critical because the results from alternative sites is behind that from you fingers. It has to do with the speed of the capillary blood flow.
When you test use the sides of your fingers, not too close to the nail bed as this is quite painful. It is also painful to use the center of your finger. Don't use the thumb because that is pretty painful also.
Incidentally, upon doctor's orders I test 5 times per day. Sometimes I test less than ordered and sometimes more! As I have said any number of times I am not a saint! But most of the time I do as instructed.
Another thought about bruising, do you take something like Aspirin or NSAIDS?
2sweet02
I havent had any of symptoms you describe and it sounds like you are having some bruising under the skin caused by a small amount of blood under the skin surface. As others suggest it may be
Hi everyone,
My setting for the depth is a low as I can get it...if I go one lower I have a real tought time getting the blood out.
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