CGM - Continuous Glucose Monitor
What Is A CGM?
Continuous Glucose Monitor
Are you managing your diabetes with daily testing? You may want to try a continuous glucose monitor (CGM). This device can check your glucose levels without a finger prick.
Using a CGM, like a Freestyle Libre or a Dexcom, you can see patterns in your blood sugar levels and take action quickly to keep your health on track. They are discreet and are usually placed behind the upper arm.
Continuous glucose monitors (CGM), as the name suggests, continually monitor the glucose (sugar) in your blood through an external device that’s attached to your body, and gives real-time updates. As per the American Diabetes Association, they have become popular and more accurate over the years, and with that improvement has come a new way to manage your blood glucose—enter time in range (TIR).
What is Time in Range?
Time in range is the amount of time you spend in the target blood glucose (blood sugar) range—between 70 and 180 mg/dL for most people.
The time in range method works with your CGM’s data by looking at the amount of time your blood glucose has been in target range and the times you’ve been high (hyperglycemia) or low (hypoglycemia). Time in range is often depicted as a bar graph showing the percentage of time over a specific amount of time when your blood glucose was low, in range, and high. This data is helpful in finding out which types of foods and what activity level causes your blood glucose to rise and fall.
Most people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes should aim for a time in range of at least 70 percent of readings—meaning 70 percent of readings, you should aim for roughly 17 out of 24 hours each day to be in range (not high or low).
The Insulinic of Florida teams spend a significant amount of time educating and helping patients with their CGM to develop individualized care plans based on the patient’s diabetic symptoms, metabolism and medical history.
Insulinic of Florida also uses a unique infusion therapy, Insulin Resistance Reversal Treatment (IRRT), to help manage and reverse a patient’s symptoms.
The IRRT process uses an FDA-approved infusion “smart” pump that releases periodic pulses of insulin, mimicking how a healthy pancreas delivers insulin. This helps re-program the signaling and communication processes between the pancreas and other cells in the body, addressing the root cause of diabetes instead of only suppressing the symptoms. The infusions last about 2-3 hours in the comfort of our diabetic treatment centers.
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