How to test blood sugar without a meter at home?

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Maggot

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Does anyone know how you can test your blood sugar at home without going to the doctors or having a meter? Or if anyone knows what your urine would look/smell like if you had diabetes? I was just wondering if i had diabetes and i didn't want to ask my parents to go to the doctors because they'd probably just laugh at me, and i've looked up the symptoms on the internet and i have had a few of them :S Help please?
 
Your urine would not look or smell any differently. You can buy glucose urine test strips at the pharmacy without a prescription. Just pee on the strip and see if it changes colors. The bottle will have directions. It will not show any glucose unless your blood sugar is over 250, but that's just fine because if you had undiagnosed diabetes your blood sugar would be that high. The strips are not as accurate as a meter, but it's what was used before home glucose meters were available.
 
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