Blood Sugar Monitoring 

Monitoring blood sugar levels is crucial for people with diabetes for several important reasons:

1. Maintaining Stable Blood Glucose Levels
   This allows for adjustments in daily life factors (exercise, diet, stress, medications) to avoid excessively high (hyperglycemia) or low (hypoglycemia) blood sugar levels.

2. Preventing Long-Term Complications
   Monitoring helps reduce the risk of these complications by keeping blood glucose levels close to normal (check the type 2 diabetes page for more information on long-term complications).

3. Managing Symptoms in Real-Time
   This helps avoid immediate complications from hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia. Severe complications can arise in either case, such as seizures, loss of consciousness, and even coma.1