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Flash glucose monitoring system
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What you see
Before lunch:
When you checked your glucose before lunch,
it was 90 mg/dL and rising. Before eating lunch,
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you took enough insulin to cover the meal and
90
mg
a little more since your trend arrow was
dL
350
250
150
50
4am
8am
12pm
After lunch:
90 minutes later, your current glucose is
225 mg/dL. The graph shows that your glucose is
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still going up, and so does the trend arrow
225
mg
dL
Don't take a correction dose within 2 hours
350
of your meal dose. This may result in "insulin
250
150
stacking" and low glucose.
50
5am
9am
1pm
Consider what might be causing your glucose
to go up and what you might do to prevent a
high glucose. For example:
• Has the insulin you took for your meal reached
its full effect?
• Scan your Sensor again later.
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What it means
.
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What you see
What it means
In the afternoon:
Between meals, your current glucose is
72 mg/dL. The Glucose Going Low message
Glucose Going
Low
tells you that your glucose is projected to be
72
low within 15 minutes.
mg
dL
350
250
Think about what might be causing your
150
50
glucose to go low. Consider eating a snack to
7am
11am
3pm
stay within target. Avoid taking insulin as this
can cause low glucose.
After exercising:
After exercising, you are feeling shaky, sweaty,
and dizzy – symptoms you generally get when
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you have low glucose. But, your current glucose
204
mg
is 204 mg/dL.
dL
350
250
Anytime you get a reading that doesn't match
150
50
how you feel, do a blood glucose test.
9am
1pm
5pm
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