At-home testing and monitoring can help you reach your health care goals whether you're striving to lose weight, trying to manage a chronic condition or wanting to grow your family. Walgreens makes it easy to purchase the tests and monitors that are right for your needs with a selection of products that you can purchase quickly in stores or discreetly online.
If you have diabetes, your doctor will likely want you to check your blood glucose levels on a regular basis at home. Keeping track of your numbers can help your doctor decide if changes need to be made to your treatment plan to better control the condition.
You can also see how exercise and diet affect your blood glucose levels, and with these insights, you'll be better able to make lifestyle changes to benefit your health. Blood glucose levels are monitored with glucometers. These devices work with test strips that contain an enzyme called glucose oxidase that chemically reacts with blood sugar.
When you collect a small blood sample with a strip and insert it into the glucometer, the device measures the electrical activity of the reaction to determine how much glucose is currently present in the bloodstream.
Want to get in shape or lose weight? Home monitoring can help you achieve your goals with greater ease.
Walgreens offers many other testing kits and monitors that could be beneficial for you and your family. Testing kits are available for checking for everything from high cholesterol to HIV to drug use. With these kits, you typically collect a sample of blood, hair or saliva at home and then mail it into a lab for processing.
For those who are trying to drink more responsibly, breathalyzer tests are available. These devices have sensors that can determine what your blood alcohol concentration levels are using a sample of breath.
Family planning can be simplified with home tests for pregnancy and fertility monitors.
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