Dexcom stelo Manual page 16

Benefits
Some benefits of using your Stelo Glucose Biosensor System are:
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Knowing your glucose trends
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Making healthy lifestyle decisions
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Informing a medication regimen
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No fingersticks
There's no need to take fingersticks to track your glucose levels as Stelo Glucose
Biosensor System provides accurate and reliable glucose measurements. In addition,
the Stelo Glucose Biosensor provides functions not feasible using traditional blood
glucose monitoring. Traditional blood glucose meters only provide information about
discrete, intermittent blood glucose levels and therefore are unable to provide
information regarding patterns of glycemic excursions throughout the day and night
when people may be unable to test their blood glucose (go to the
Behavior and Glucose
Knowing your glucose trends
The Stelo Glucose Biosensor System can help you analyze past glucose data. You can
look at trends and patterns over days, weeks, and even months to better understand
how your glucose changes over time. This lets you see the overall picture and how
changes to your daily habits impact your glucose levels over time. This information
may prompt you to discuss your glucose trends with your healthcare provider which
can be useful for early detection of abnormal glucose control and behavior
modification which may lead to potential avoidance of prediabetes management
(Holzer et al., 2002).
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