Benefits - Dexcom G5 Getting Started Manual

Sensor Glucose Reading Different from Your
Expectations or Symptoms
The sensor glucose reading can be different than your expectations and symptoms. In
this case, wash your hands and take a fingerstick blood glucose measurement with
your BG meter to confirm your expectations and symptoms. If your sensor readings and
BG meter values are different, you can calibrate your CGM system. Wash and dry your
hands, repeat the BG measurement and if still different, recalibrate.
If you're not receiving an Alarm/Alert, and not taking fingerstick BG measurements, you
may be unaware of low or high glucose levels.
Sensor Insertion Risks
Inserting the sensor and wearing the adhesive patch might cause infection, bleeding,
pain, or skin irritations (e.g., redness, swelling, bruising, itching, scarring or skin
discoloration). The chance of this happening is low.
The Dexcom G5 uses the same sensor as the previous CGM system—the Dexcom G4
PLATINUM. The Dexcom G4 PLATINUM System clinical studies and complaint data
showed slight redness and swelling occurring only in a small percentage of Dexcom's
total patient population.
During Dexcom's G4 PLATINUM System's clinical study, no sensor wires broke however
there is a remote chance sensor fragments could remain under your skin if the sensor
breaks during normal wear. Sterile broken sensor wires don't pose a significant medical risk.
If a sensor wire breaks off or detaches and remains under your skin, contact your
healthcare professional and call Dexcom's Technical Support toll free, 24/7, at
1.877.339.2664 or toll at 1.858.200.0200 within 24 hours.

3.2 Benefits

Daily habits impact your glucose levels. With the Dexcom G5, you can track how your
exercise, carbs, stress levels, medication, or illness, influence your glucose levels.
Knowing Your Trends
Providing sensor glucose readings every five minutes, for up to seven days, the
Dexcom G5 helps you detect trends and patterns. Trend information as well as the
trend arrow reveals where your glucose is now, where your glucose is heading, and
how fast it's changing. This provides you with a more complete picture of your glucose.
Making Treatment Decisions Based on Your CGM
With Dexcom G5, you can now use the sensor glucose readings to make your diabetes
treatment decision (like how much insulin to take, when to treat a low glucose, etc.)
when you have the key pieces of CGM information – trend arrow and sensor glucose
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