Most diabetic patients are monitored at the health center or at special clinics. In more complex cases (blood sugar swinging sharply with repeated hypos or reduced efficacy of medicines and so on) may need to adjust the medication.

Reason for the controls are partly the desire to ensure that treatment is working properly in view of long-term complications. Routine checks are made about every 3rd to 6th month or after the individual needs.

* Blood glucose (the patient takes his glucose diary)
* Sugar hemoglobin (