https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3377575/
My article is about continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes patients. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disorder where your body does not produce insulin to allow the sugar into cells in your body. This normally occurs early in life. Type 2 diabetes is caused by insufficient insulin or resistance to insulin. This occurs normally later in life.
Continuous glucose monitoring continuously checks the blood glucose levels in the interstitial fluids. This continuous monitoring allows patients to know whether there BG levels are falling or rising before they actually rise or fall to levels that may cause problems. I have a continuous glucose monitor that allows my blood glucose level to appear on my insulin pump and it shows when my blood glucose is rising or falling and I put insulin in to fix the problem or eat something to raise my BG. This will allow patients blood glucose levels to be more closely watched and hopefully stay in the normal range without rising and falling as much as with just a blood glucose monitor that the patient would use every couple hours.
A downfall of this device is the cost. It cost around $3,652 yearly. Most insurances make you fit into a category to be able to get this device, leaving alot of patients with diabetes a disadvantage of the technology that we have today for diabetes.
In conclusion, patients could have the ability to monitor their blood glucose levels and potentially allow better levels and a better A1c.
Interesting article, Kasey! I think it would be awesome if these devices were able to be used by more people as well. I agree that more people with Diabetes, just like yourself, should be able to obtain one of these devices and it would help them to keep a closer eye on where their BG levels are and correct them before they get to dangerous levels!
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