Friday, 6 May 2016

Control Your Blood Glucose Without Lancets

In 2014, the laboratories Abbot created a device in the form of a patch that measures the level of glucose present in interstitial fluids when placed in the back of the upper arm and is viable for a period of 14 days. Not needing to use test strips nor pricks to determine levels of glucose but being able to continually monitor them through a sensor, has changed the lives of a great number of diabetics and has allowed them to take control of their condition. The easy access to their levels of glucose at any given moment, has allowed them to know its peaks, especially during the early hours of the morning that are the most dangerous, the reduction that happens after exercising or its variation during meals.

This device scans and detects levels of glucose in a second and through clothing, is water resistant and stores the results of the last 90 days. Now the great news is that since 2 months ago, the device is also available for children aged 4-18, when previously it had only been available for adults. Children with Type 1 Diabetes, which in United Kingdom, Russia and Germany alone add up to the highest number of suffers in Europe, will have access to a great help with this new piece of technology.

The countries where it is commercialised through Abbot’s website are France, Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Italy and Spain. The name of the device is FreeStyle Libre.

I hope that gradually the acquisition of this piece of technology and the emerging pieces will be accessible to every person that needs it and in anywhere in the world.

Dr. J. Hurtado Martínez
Medical Director of HealthSalus

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