How is CGM helpful?

How is CGM helpful?

CGM gives extensive glucose readings every few minutes, which can support you and your doctor to make PRECISION changes in your diabetes management plan.

For you:

• You can see your glucose level whenever initially (in a few sensors). The graphical representation of the daily patterns are very easy to read, even for a layman.
• You can survey how your glucose changes over a couple of hours or days to see patterns.
• Seeing glucose levels continuously can assist you with how your sugar levels vary with your regular diet.
• You can analyse your blood sugar variability in relation to your daily activity/exercise/sleep etc.
• CGM reduces the need to check your glucose every day which is good news for everybody with diabetes

For the Doctor:

• Ambulatory Glucose Profile can be used to diagnose Diabetes/pre-diabetes.
• It is a much better alternative to FBS/PPBS and Hba1c to tailor your treatment accordingly.
• Accurate changes can be made in the  dosing of  insulin/ tablets based on the AGP/CGM data.
• Making an activity/diet plan that works for YOU. In fact, one can see the evidence of that change on the CGM data, which is very satisfying for the patient and the doctor.
• CGM is an excellent tool in understanding intricate glucose patterns in patients with brittle Diabetes, where excessive hyper and hypoglycemia are both seen.