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Optimizing alerts
Optimize alerts to work best for you
You use alerts to stay safe. They can do more! You can also use them to reach your
goals. Discuss the goals in this section with your healthcare professional so together,
you can optimize your alerts.
Then, use the following tips with the instructions in the Responding to Alerts,
Changing All Alerts, Changing One Alert, and Adding a Second Alert Profile in Your App
sections of the Alerts chapter to customize the alerts to best meet your goals.
Only get helpful alerts
Stop app alert from sounding every 5 minutes
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Turn off alerts you don't need
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Customize alert settings
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Skip repeated alerts
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Adjust High alert setting: Delay 1st Alert
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Make alerts quieter
Choose different alert sounds
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Set alerts to vibrate
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Personalize nighttime alerts
Prevent nighttime lows with earlier alerts
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Get fewer overnight alerts
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Use alerts to improve your Time in Range
Prevent highs and lows by adjusting alert settings
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Dexcom G7 continues to show readings 50 or 60 points higher than when I stick my finger and use the supplied recorder. Why?
The Dexcom G7 may show readings 50 or 60 points higher than fingerstick measurements due to several reasons:
1. Sensor's First Day: Newly inserted sensors may show larger differences, which usually decrease over the first 24 hours.
2. Pressure on Sensor: If something is pressing on the sensor (e.g., lying on it), it can affect readings. Removing the pressure can help.
3. Rapid Glucose Changes: Blood glucose changes before interstitial fluid glucose, so fast changes can cause differences between meter and sensor readings.
4. Fingerstick Issues: Inaccurate fingerstick readings can occur if hands are not washed properly or test strips are expired or used incorrectly.
These factors can cause temporary differences between Dexcom G7 and fingerstick readings.
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How high does the Dexcom 7 reciever go?