This Medical Spanish lesson focuses on learning how to measure your blood sugar level in Spanish: Medir el nivel de azúcar en sangre.
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Vocabulary:
| Verbs | Meaning |
Apretar (e-ie)  | To squeeze |
| Apuntar | To record |
| Botar / Tirar / Desechar | To trow something away |
| Chequear(se) / Medir | To check / To measure |
| Colocar / Poner / Insertar | To put / To place / To insert |
| Limpiar / Lavarse las manos | To clean / To wash your hands |
| Picar / Pinchar | To bite / To sting / To prick |
Some Usted Commands
Note: To form the “Usted” commands, you to the “Yo” form to the present tense, drop the O and add opposite ending.
| Usted Commands | Workarounds | Other notes |
| Apretar – Apriete el dedo | 1. Use the verb in its uncongujated form. It isn’t perfect but it makes sense. Ex: Apretar el dedo. 2.Use a helper verb like “necesita” (you need to). Ex: Usted necesita apretar el dedo | Car verbs change to que in their endings in the command form |
| Poner – Ponga la tira en el glucómetro | 1. Poner la tira 2. Necesita poner la tira | |
| Picar – Pique el dedo con la lanceta | 1. Picar el dedo 2. Necesita picar el dedo |
Equipo – Equipment
| El glucómetro | The glucometer |
| El medidor de glucosa | The blood glucose monitor |
| El limpión | The towelette |
| La aguja | The needle |
| La lanceta | The lancet |
| El lancetero | The lancing device |
| La tira / La tirita de prueba | The strips / test strips |
| Recipiente para objetos punzantes | The sharps container |
| El registro | The record |
| La curita | The band-aid |
| El alcohol | The alcohol |
| El jabón | The soap |
Otro vocabulario – Another Vocabulary
| Antes de | Before |
| Después de | After |
| Azúcar sanguíneo | Blood sugar |
| La glucosa en la sangre | Blood glucose |
| El dedo | Finger |
| La yema del dedo | Fingertip |
| La sangre | Blood |
| Una gota de sangre | A drop of blood |
Los pasos – Steps to follow
| Lávese las manos con jabón y agua tibia | Wash your hands with soap and warm water |
| Usar una toallita o un limpión para limpiar el dedo o la yema del dedo | Use a towelette to wipe the finger / fingertip |
| Ponga la aguja en el lancetero | Put the needle in the lancet |
| Inserte la tira en el glucómetro | Insert the strip into the glucometer |
| Pique su dedo y apriete | Prick your finger and squeeze |
| Ponga la tira en la gota de sangre | Put the strip on the drop of blood |
| Espere los resultados | Wait for results |
| Póngase una curita | Put a band-aid |
| Apunte los resultados en el registro | Record the results |
| Bote la tira en el basurero | Throw the strip in the trash can |
| Bote la lanceta en el recipiente para objetos punzantes | Throw the lancet into the sharps container |
What about results?
TBH I forgot to add a slide about blood sugar results in Spanish 🤦♂️… But here are some phrases and numbers to help you explain results:
| Fasting blood sugar | La glucemia en ayunas | Blood sugar after eating | La glucemia después de comer |
| 1. El rango saludable de azúcar en ayunas es entre 70 y 100 2. Si el azúcar en ayunas está entre 100 y 125, usted tiene prediabetes 3. Si el azúcar en ayunas es más de 126, usted tiene diabetes | 1. El rango saludable de azúcar después de comer es entre 70 y 140 2. Si el azúcar en ayunas está entre 140 y 199, usted tiene prediabetes 3. Si el azúcar en ayunas es más de 200, usted tiene diabetes |
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