Prevent And Treat Lows; Prevent And Treat Highs - Dexcom G5 mobile User Manual

readings or trend arrows. Talk with your healthcare professional about how to best make
decisions before your situation becomes a crisis
• When your sensor glucose readings do not match how you feel, take a fingerstick blood
glucose measurement. Use your BG meter value to determine your treatment decision,
not your sensor glucose reading
• Recognize the importance of looking at your display device often, what to look for, and
learn how past treatment decisions or actions affect your sensor glucose readings
• Your Alarm/Alerts are helpful management tools. With the support of your healthcare
professional, determine your Alarm/Alerts settings and what you should do when you get
an Alarm/Alert. Talk about other Alerts you can use in your management plan:
○ Rise Rate Alert
○ Fall Rate Alert
○ Repeat High Alert
○ Repeat Low Alert
○ Out of Range Alert

Prevent and Treat Lows

The highest risk of insulin treatment is low blood glucose. With your healthcare professional,
learn how to stay within your target range by preventing lows.
• Create a plan for preventing or responding to low glucose
• Include a conversation about how long you should wait after treating a low glucose
episode before eating more fast-acting carbohydrates. Just like insulin, it takes time for
carbohydrates to raise your blood glucose and to see changes in your trend graph
• Knowing your plan may reduce the risk of a rebounding high after a low

Prevent and Treat Highs

Your healthcare professional can help you use your Dexcom G5 Mobile CGM System trends
information to prevent or treat high glucose levels. Talk with them to learn how to improve
your meal insulin dosing decisions and timing of insulin dose.
Ask:
• When (if ever) would you take insulin before you eat?
• Does your treatment decision change if your blood glucose is climbing or falling rapidly?
• How much insulin covers your meal or snack?
• How much insulin should you take to correct a high glucose reading?
• How much will one unit of rapid-acting insulin lower your glucose?
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