Tracking Blood Sugar with CGM Technology

📍 Most people with type one diabetes don't realize this, your glucose numbers aren't just numbers. They're your daily health in action. Continuous glucose monitors or CGMs let you see your blood sugar in real time every few minutes, so you can catch highs and lows before they become dangerous. Studies show CGMs help people spend more time in range, lower their hemoglobin A1C, and even prevent overnight lows, the ones that can be the most risky.

If you have type one diabetes and you aren't using A CGM yet, you might be leaving control of your health to chance. And the science says there's a better and safer way, if you have access to a continuous glucose monitor through your health plan, that can be a really good choice. I was shocked to find a study in 2021 that looked at people on continuous glucose monitors with type one diabetes of all ages throughout the world, and found that only about 48% of people with type one diabetes were using CGMs.

Now we see a really high uptake of CGM use in the pediatric population. The summer camps that I work at for children with type one diabetes almost have a 100% CGM use for the patients coming in, which is really exciting to see. But I think there are a lot of adults that don't learn as much about new technology that comes out because of the provider they're working with.

They may not be as familiar with new diabetes technology or because they've been doing the same thing for a long time and it's somewhat working for them, so they just haven't looked into making any changes in their diabetes care. I highly recommend trying A CGM. If you are scared or concerned about the numbers, controlling your mindset

I think that's a sign that there's room to work on your mindset in order to get to a place where you can use one and there are lots of tools that you can use to do that. I've got plenty on my website and you'll find links for more there as well.

Видео Tracking Blood Sugar with CGM Technology канала Dr. Hannah Parr