CGMs
CGMs track glucose levels constantly throughout the day and night. Patients can replace finger sticks by utilizing a CGM. While traditional blood glucose monitors provide a point in time reading, CGMs provide trends and improve understanding where blood sugar has been and where it is going. CGMs measure glucose readings in interstitial fluid (a thin layer of fluid that surrounds the tissue cells below your skin) instead of blood from painful finger sticks.
Reduce or limit painful finger sticks
Receive alerts to potentially harmful high and low blood sugars to encourage immediate correction
Share data with caregivers and healthcare providers (even when apart)
See how food, physical activity, illness, and medications affect glucose levels
Help manage your A1c
Insulin Pumps
Patients on both fast-acting (mealtime) and long-acting insulin may benefit from an insulin pump. An insulin pump utilizes only fast-acting insulin to mimic a functioning pancreas by delivering micro doses of insulin to the body via a cannula (small tube) under the skin. Users can bolus insulin for meals or when needed for a correction dose.
Deliver smaller doses of insulin
Reduce low blood sugars from stacking insulin (taking too much insulin in a short amount of time)
Simplify dosing for meals and snacks
Have more flexibility in your day
Help manage early morning high blood sugar, also called the “dawn phenomenon”