Don't Buy a Continuous Blood Sugar Monitor Until You See This!
My opinion on it !! Great product if you know how to use it otherwise, 100% waste of your time and money.
What is Continuous Glucose Monitor?
CGMs is a medical device that can track blood glucose levels continuously and allows you to get an insider look into how foods, medication, exercise & stress affect your blood sugar levels every 5 minutes 24/7.
It is especially beneficial for people who have:
Type-1 or insulin using type-2 diabetes
Frequent low or high glucose levels
Want to reduce HbA1C values
Pre-diabetics
Gestational diabetes
How CGM works?
This device has tiny sensor wires or filaments that pierce the skin too frequently & easily assess blood sugar levels. The filaments remain in place, usually on the upper arm or abdomen protected by an adhesive patch. Results are displayed on a user’s phone.
How accurate is CGM?
Unlike blood glucose monitor, CGM sensor takes readings from interstitial fluid & not directly from blood. So there’s a natural lag between the readings but it's normal and expected for the CGM readings & BGM readings to be slightly different and at certain times levels need to be verified as well.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
00:42 History of CGM
01:29 Advertising of CGM
02:22 Construction of CGM
03:07 Benefits of CGM
04:22 Drawbacks of CGM
05:44 My opinion on CGM