Glucose Trends And Patterns; Introduction; What Is An Event - Dexcom G5 mobile User Manual

Chapter 10
Next Steps:
Daily Events Affect Your Glucose Trends and
Patterns

10.1 Introduction

Your daily activities can impact your glucose trends and patterns. In the previous chapter,
you learned how to read your glucose trend screens; in this chapter, you learn how to
enter situations, or "Events". By tracking Events, you can determine how certain actions or
circumstances affect your glucose levels.
After this chapter, you'll be able to:
• Define Event
• Describe each Event
• Create Events
○ Dexcom G5 Mobile App
○ Dexcom G5 Mobile Receiver
• Recognize Event markers on the Dexcom G5 Mobile App
○ Describe how Event markers are different in portrait and landscape view
• Describe how to view Events entered via your receiver
• View Event markers on your smart device

10.2 What Is an Event?

Did you take a walk after lunch today? Did you go to happy hour with your co-workers
and have a beer? Are you feeling stressed? Did you catch your kid's sniffles? How much
insulin did you take for your dinner meal? These are all Events that can raise or lower your
blood sugars.
An Event is an action or situation affecting your glucose levels. With the Dexcom G5 Mobile
CGM System, you have the ability to enter your daily Events, helping you track their effect on
your glucose trends. Once entered into the smart device or receiver, Events can be viewed in
Dexcom reports. The reports help you review how each Event influenced your glucose trends.
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