...That your glucose can be monitored now by smartwatch ?
Well is not something new (from 2016) but is something really useful.
Benefits
Convenience: Smartwatches provide real-time glucose readings directly on your wrist, eliminating the need for frequent finger pricks.
Continuous Monitoring: They offer continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), allowing users to track their glucose levels throughout the day and night.
Alerts and Notifications: Smartwatches can send alerts when glucose levels are too high or too low, helping users take immediate action.
Data Insights: They provide valuable data trends and insights, helping users and healthcare providers make informed decisions about diet, exercise, and medication.
Discreetness: Monitoring is discreet, making it easier to manage diabetes (and as well for all of us heath lovers) without drawing attention in social or professional settings.
Accuracy
The accuracy of glucose monitoring via smartwatches largely depends on the integration with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems. These systems use sensors inserted under the skin to measure glucose levels in the interstitial fluid. The smartwatch acts as a display for the data collected by the CGM sensor.
CGM Systems: Devices like the Dexcom G6 are known for their high accuracy, with readings that are within 15% of traditional blood glucose monitors.
FDA Approval: It’s important to note that while smartwatches can display glucose data, they do not measure glucose levels themselves. They rely on FDA-approved CGM systems for accurate readings.
Stay informed, always empower transformation
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