Diabetes Self-Management

PERSONAL CGM: Real-Time Management

Blood glucose monitoring is an essential part of your treatment plan when you have diabetes. Your blood glucose numbers are important to help make the best decisions for optimal blood glucose targets on a daily basis, as well as over time. Self-management of values outside your target range can provide direction for immediate action. Ongoing blood glucose management can help you prevent or delay long-term complications, such as diabetes-related eye disease, diabetic kidney disease and nerve damage associated with diabetes. Additionally, your diabetes care team relies on timely and accurate glucose values to provide recommendations regarding your treatment plan.

Personal CGM

A continuous glucose monitor—typically referred

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