Sheryl Huggins Salomon
By Sheryl Huggins Salomon
Medically Reviewed by Kacy Church, MD
Reviewed: June 16, 2022
For some, home blood sugar testing can be an important and useful tool for managing blood sugar on a day-to-day basis. Still, it only provides a snapshot of what’s happening in the moment, not the full picture of what’s happened in the long term, says Gregory Dodell, MD, an assistant clinical professor of medicine, endocrinology, diabetes, and bone disease at Mount Sinai in New York City.