101 CGM Questions & Answers

Explaining the practicalities of using a continuous glucose monitors we disect the hardware and give insights into how to use this medtech.

Originally designed as a tool for diabetes, the growth in CGMs used for health and wellness is inevitably leading to these users asking how their glucose levels correspond. 

Addressing a question the medtech companies often gloss over!

It’s estimated that 1 in 100 will bleed when applying a sensor to the arm.

In the diabetes community there’s a saying that ‘bleeders make the best readers’.

If you hit a blood vessel — it won’t be a vein as these are deeper than the needle and filament go into the skin — when the needle goes in, then it can spurt out blood. This should stop within a couple of minutes and should not affect the sensor’s ability to provide glucose levels, however messy it might look the readings for glucose levels should be fine.