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Monitor glucose in the body can be done without the need to prick with a lancet and without feeling any pain.
Since the end of 2017, the system of glucose monitoring was launched on the Mexican market FreeStyle Free, from Abbott and currently used by most of four thousand people with diabetes and 500 doctors in the country .
This is a device that reads glucose levels through a sensor that is inserted into the subcutaneous tissue of the arm, in a period of up to 14 days, and then put back in place if necessary .
The director of the Jalisco Institute of Metabolism SC, Eduardo Márquez Rodríguez, makes the presentation in Guadalajara, to patients and relatives who might know another way to keep a good control of the disease.
"It is one of the most important innovations in technology in diabetes, with an instrument that measures the actual glucose without the need of stakes. It allows us to make a recording continuous glucose movements for 14 days unlike previous schemes, which measured glucose at the time of the test. "
Combined with software, the device allows for glucose averages, l 39; identification of decompensation and prediction of glucose elevations or decreases. That is, it measures glucose in real time, as in the past and the future.
"The reader receives a receipt of information that the patient sees, the glucose of the moment, the previous one, trends, averages, hypoglycemic events, and even has a graph that can see the movement of glucose for a day or 14 days. "
In Mexico, only one in four people living with diabetes gets control Indeed, in Jalisco, it is estimated that more than 600,000 people live with this disease.
Perform adequate glucose monitoring is the key to controlling diabetes, it determines the development and metabolic status of the disease, can measure the effectiveness of treatment and prevents the occurrence of complications such as stroke, diabetic foot, heart attacks, kidney damage and neuropathies in patients.
Features:
- The sensor is expandable and water resistant for 14 days
- It is available in more than 40 countries and is used by more than 400,000 people worldwide.
- Includes a portable reader and a disposable sensor.
- Real-time glucose readings are captured with a one-second, painless sweep and with a small portable reader.
- The surveillance and the prior indication of the attending physician are necessary so that we can obtain it through the company that distributes it.
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