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Patients with diabetes would willingly and in large numbers use modern technologies to monitor glycemia – provided that they were widely available and reimbursed
- Modern methods of controlling diabetes have a very positive effect on the health and well-being of patients, they allow to keep diabetes under control. Unfortunately there is a problem with the refund
- Data collected by the blood glucose monitoring system are collected and thanks to them the patient or the doctor can react faster to emerging problems
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– Currently, the reimbursement covers only specific groups of patients. Some modern systems are reimbursed until the age of 18, and some – until the age of 26. People aged 26+ must purchase such systems at their own expense. Meanwhile, modern glycemic monitoring systems are a great help in managing diabetes – this is due to unprecedented precision, but also the comfort of using the technology. Above all, however, these modern solutions enable better monitoring of diabetes – in terms of many parameters – explains Anna Śliwińska, President of the Main Board, Polish Diabetes Association.
Continuous Diabetes Monitoring System – How Does It Work?
Modern blood glucose monitoring systems consist of replaceable sensors, which, after puncturing through the tip of the sensor, are attached to the skin with a body-friendly glue for the period specified by the manufacturer. During this time, they monitor blood sugar levels on an ongoing basis. The data from the sensor is sent via the smartphone to the application and stored in dedicated databases.
These devices do not work with old types of cell phones, so a patient who wants to use modern glycemic control must have a telephone set at their disposal – a smartphone that is adapted to communicate with the sensor, or must purchase a special reader.
Monitoring, education and prevention in one system
The innovation of these systems is that they are adapted to collect a large amount of data in real time and for many days. The meter checks the sugar level only at the time of measurement, i.e. point in time, which means that the patient and the doctor only receive a selective picture of how glucose is formed. Modern systems, however, show what the sugar level was all the time. They also allow you to take a variety of notes, such as what you eat, exercise, or other factors that can influence blood sugar fluctuations. Most importantly – a wise patient draws conclusions from the obtained results, associating the test result with the activities he or she undertook or with the meals consumed. Thus, patients who engage in self-control and self-care learn to better manage their diabetes and avoid health risks resulting from unstable glycaemia.
These systems also show trends, i.e. indicate whether blood sugar is falling or rising over a certain unit of time. This also allows you to intervene before something bad happens. It is also valuable for patients that some types of devices can alert against hyper- or hypoglycaemia with an acoustic signal.. Therefore, these devices not only play a monitoring role, but also help educate patients and support the prevention of diabetes complications – both immediate in the form of hypo- or hyperglycaemia, or in the form of further complications that only become apparent after some time, such as heart attacks or ischemia. limbs.
Telemedicine in diabetes
Modern diabetes monitoring systems are also a great help for doctors who care for people with diabetes. Data on a patient’s blood sugar is gathered in one place, and the collection systems are very well designed, multi-functional and very easy to read. As a result, the doctor receives complete information about the patient’s diabetes status. An additional benefit for the physician is that the patient in such a diabetes monitoring system is not allowed to cheat with the results of blood sugar tests.. The doctor, receiving the false results, was not able to start the correct treatment of diabetes, because he saw only idealized data and not the actual state. In the era of telemedicine and a pandemic, such solutions are therefore extremely beneficial – both for the doctor and the patient: they help maintain glycemic stability, save time and money, and help prevent many tragedies that are the aftermath of improper diabetes management.
The article comes from the “Diabetes under control” campaign prepared by Warsaw Press, whose media partner is MedTvoiLokony. All materials can be found at http://chorobycywilizacyjne.warsawpress.com/
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