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| These devices allow measuring the concentration of glucose in the blood, and are a vital tool when suffering from diabetes, to detect any abnormality and thus to be able to receive care without major consequences | The mayor of Puerto Lumbreras; Mar�a �ngeles T�nez, and the Councilor for Health; Juan Rub�n Burrueco, have delivered this morning to all the educational centers and sports halls of Puerto Lumbreras of glucometer kits and explanatory material on their use.
These devices make it possible to measure the concentration of glucose in the blood, and it is a vital tool when suffering from diabetes, to detect any abnormality in time and before an emergency and thus be able to receive the necessary care without major consequences.
In addition to the glucometers, the kits consist of lancet containers, test strips, and disinfectant wipes.
Its operation is simple: the fingertip is pricked with a small lancet, and later, when the drop of blood comes out, the sample is deposited on a strip inserted inside the glucometer.
In four or five seconds the result of the amount of glucose in the blood will appear.
Once the glucose results are obtained, depending on the figures, the person with diabetes is able to carefully administer their insulin, if it is their form of control, or to adjust their diet or exercise to obtain levels that are closest to those.
normal and thus avoid chronic complications of diabetes such as blindness, kidney failure or heart attack.
"From the City Council of Puerto Lumbreras we continue to make our educational and sports centers increasingly safe, protected and healthy spaces.
That is why we deliver these glucometer kits, which will be under the supervision of a person in charge in each center with knowledge of its use, to quickly attend to any emergency situation for a diabetic person.
An initiative that is added, among others, to the usual information and awareness campaigns What we carry out every year on the occasion of World Diabetes Day to sensitize the population and improve knowledge about this chronic disease that is characterized by high blood sugar levels ", highlighted the Councilor for Health; Juan Rub�n Burrueco.
In this way, kits have been delivered to IES Rambla de Nogalte, Asunci�n Jord�n, Juan Antonio L�pez Alcaraz, Lideria, Pur�sima Concepci�n and Sagrado Coraz�n schools, to the pavilion multipurpose of La Estaci�n-Esparragal and the Puerto Lumbreras Sports Center.
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Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras
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