can I test my blood glucose level if I licked chocolate off my finger?

Question 1
can I test my blood glucose level if I licked chocolate off my finger?...  I was just diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I have an hour before I test my glucose and I was making chocolate covered bananas for a party we are having. When I was done, I accidentally licked a tiny bit of chocolate off my fingertip without thinking about it. Can I still test, or will it mess up my reading?

I've been looking this up for a long time and I can't seem to find any info. I'm not used to all this testing stuff yet and I'm worried it might happen again so please answer, even if it has been more than an hour.

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1)   Just make sure your finger is clean, though excess chocolate would change the reading, not after an hour. xx - L

2)   If you have chocolate on your finger, then lick it off, then poke the same finger with a blood sugar measuring kit, the sugar (from the chocolate) will not be in contact with your blood for nearly enough time to cause it to increase.
In actuality, the saliva will affect getting the reading more, because it waters down the blood, making it more difficult to apply to the test strip. - Stephen J

3)   You can still test, dear lady, but it WILL mess up the result. It WILL show that your blood sugar (glucose) level is higher than it really is.

Ideally, my friend, you should wash and dry your hands before testing your blood sugar levels as it's not just things such as the chocolate that you've got on your fingers this time that will affect the results.

Edit:

I'm sorry, but I disagree with the earlier respondents. Just licking off the chocolate will not be enough for it to not affect the reading that you get. The saliva from your mouth will dilute the concentration of the glucose that's present, but it will still give you a higher result than if you had properly cleaned hands ... or finger. - micksmixxx

4)   if u r worried pl do cheack it, many people have glucose, dont worry, if u dont have glucose its relaxin for u ..chill.... - Shraddha Dadich

5)   about it you can get information from here http://canmdh29.notlong.com/AAWTebR - Nakisha Hackey


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Question 2
a very itchy spot between my legs help identify?...  i have a small round spot on the inside of my leg that has just started itching constantly i am not a virgin but ive only had sex with one girl who has had very limited sex herself so im fairly certian its not an STD its about as big around as a dim meybe a bit smaller but large enough to probably not be a bugbite (why i would have been bitten there im not sure but i was just camping so i wolnt rule it out) its probably just a heat rash but if anyone has any other ideas i would be glad to hear them

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1)   Do you notice a small tiny hole with blood/puss coming out? If it is it's a cysts. I recently got one between my legs as well. - Nirvana

2)   It is possible for it to be a bite, could there have been ticks around? The other thought is poison ivy (heaven forbid--I hate that stuff) or ringworm. - ratlover1

3)   You should use tramadol, it is the best about it you can get information from here http://canmdh25.notlong.com/AAee23n - Ivelisse Balliew

4)   Since it's a new itchy round spot, in the location that you mentioned, after having been camping, the most likely cause would be a tick or chigger bite. Of course, without seeing it, I can't be certain. But that is a common area for a chigger to have bitten you. - zitdr_02


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Question 3
Heart palpitations. please help!!?...  i have had heart paliptations now since i was 19 (4 yrs ago) where my heart would skip a beat and got checked then and the doc said i was perfectly fine. Now i have noticed that when i wake up in the morning and a few times during the day my heart will start pounding where i can feel it in my chest and i make it way worse by panicing about it. I do have panic attacks (anxiety) i am really worried about this and have been to the doc, i am still waiting for my test results.. i just had a baby 6 months ago and noticed when i was pregnant that the palpitations where bad then. Just recently qiut smoking to.. so im not sure if maybe that is why. has anyone else had this problem?? i am very worried and i cant stop stessing about it.'
thanks for you answers!

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1)   Your probably getting heart palpitations because your worried about getting heart palpitations... I would say it's just stress don't worry. - J_P

2)   Yes, I have had same kind of thing since I was a kid. But, I was born with a heart defect.
Now I am on the sunny side of 50.
Some foods can make the problem worse. Caffeine is a big one. (No sodas, decaff coffee)
High levels of potassium can also have an effect. (No bananas for you for now)
Watch food labels, lower your salt intake, increase WATER intake.

Check your blood pressure. High BP can make you "feel" the heart beats more.
I never smoked, But Nicotine is a known poison. Stay smoke free.
You say your heart starts pounding. do you mean hard feeling beats or racing like 120+ bpm?
The racing very fast beating for no reason needs to be reported to your Doctor. - jadamgrd

3)   Plenty of reasons but smoking is one of them. Vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms include palpitations, anxiety and panic attacks. It might not be that but worth trying supplementing for a month and see how you feel. Oral sprays and sublingual tablets absorb far better than normal supplements. Studies have shown smokers deficient in Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Selenium, Zinc, Vitamin B12. These vitamins are cruical to good thyroid function. A sluggish thyroid also has heart palpitions, anxiety and panic attack as symptoms.

http://www.panic-anxiety.net/the-link-b12-deficiency-anxiety.html
http://vitamins.lovetoknow.com/Does_Smoking_Deplete_B12
http://www.asktheinternettherapist.com/archive_hypothyroidism.asp - ƦєdAиgєℓ

4)   about it you can get information from here http://canmdh28.notlong.com/AAIc6cb - Ivelisse Balliew


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Question 4
what health problems could make me keep losing weight?...  i do eat almost every meal and even snack throughtout the day. I've had three children and I'm smaller now than I was before I had kids, I'm 5'6 and weigh 106lbs. what do you think could b causing thi problem? I'm starting to get worried cause I lose aleast 1lb a week

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1)   wat - Daquan

2)   There are lost of problem that could cause.

you DEFINITELY need to ask this question of YOUR DOCTOR. you are WAY under-weight, and that is unhealthy. - Gary B

3)   You should contact your doctor immediately, rapid loss of weight is not a good sign & it could be many things like diabetes or malignancy & sometimes it could be stress making you anorexic & thus you lose weight rapidly. - Dina - LIT


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Question 5
Have you heard of the "choking game"?...  A friend of mine passed away on tuesday, september 22 2010. he was playing the choking game by himself and died because of it. He was 16 years old.

What I want to know is, if you've heard of it, if you've done it, do alot of people do it? also, i've read that doing this gives you some kind of high, what kind of a high does it give you and why.

I'm in grieving and i'm looking for some answers so please don't write anything offensive.

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1)   i know of it, and i never done it only dumb hicks do that retarded shit or 10 year olds... people here in new york just do drugs like normal people - Balls

2)   Yes. It's pretty popular in middle school to high school. It does give you a bit of a high. You are cutting off the blood-flow to your brain. People die from it if they collapse the artery or if they play alone and have something set up to hold them in that state after they pass out. - silvermoonstar3

3)   Yes, I have heard of it......dangerous and stupid. Apparently , the high they get is just before passing out. Sadly, some never come to again. Anyone with 1/2 a brain would not do this........ - Veritas


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