Blood glucose monitoring is an essential part of your treatment plan when you have diabetes. Your blood glucose numbers are important to help you and your diabetes care provider make the best decisions for optimal blood glucose targets. Self-management of values outside your target range can provide you with direction for immediate action. Blood glucose management over time 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. This article provides information about the use of external continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) for diabetes management.
Personal CGM for diabetes management
A continuous glucose monitor—typically referred to as a CGM—is a system that measures interstitial glucose levels (glucose in the fluid between cells) on a continuous basis throughout the day and night. The
