Glucose Status Area Symbols - Dexcom G4 PLATINUM User Manual

Slowly falling: Your glucose is falling 1-2 mg/dL each minute. If it continued falling at
this rate, your glucose could decrease up to 30
mg/dL in 15 minutes.
Falling: Your glucose is falling 2-3 mg/dL each minute. If it continued falling at this
rate, your glucose could decrease up to 45 mg/dL in 15 minutes.
Rapidly falling: Your glucose is falling more than 3 mg/dL each minute. If it
continued falling at this rate, your glucose could decrease more than 45 mg/dL in 15
minutes.
No rate of change information: The receiver cannot calculate how fast your glucose
No arrow
is rising or falling at this time.
Trend arrows show to the right of your sensor glucose reading. They tell you more about your glucose's
Trend arrows do not show when there are glucose data gaps (see Chapter 13, Section 13.4, System
Glucose Error). If the glucose reading error symbol
, or the calibration needed symbol
show.`
If the trend arrow is missing, but you are concerned that your blood glucose level may be rising or falling,
take a blood glucose measurement test on your blood glucose meter.
WARNING
Do not ignore symptoms of high and low glucose. If your sensor glucose readings
do not match your symptoms, measure your blood glucose with a blood glucose
meter even if your sensor is not reading in the high or low range, so you do not
miss a low or high blood glucose value.

8.3 GLUCOSE STATUS AREA SYMBOLS

The "status area" at the top of the trend graph may show any of the status symbols below during your
sensor session. You will not get sensor glucose readings during the time a status symbol shows except
during the regular 12-hour calibration prompt.
Status Symbols
speed and direction.
, the wait symbol
show at the top of the trend graph, the trend arrows will not
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, the out of range symbol