User's Manual

Dexcom G5 Mobile System User Guide
Risks and Benefits
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where your glucose is now, where it has been, where it’s heading, and how
fast it’s changing.
Understanding your trends allows you to take proactive action, helping you
avoid dangerously low or high glucose values.
Using Dexcom
Share (see Part 5) allows friends and family, your Followers, to
monitor your glucose activity, adding another layer of support and peace of
mind.
Helping Your Diabetes Management
Wearing the G5 Mobile on a consistent and ongoing basis helps you manage
your diabetes. The Alarm/Alerts features (see Chapter 11) keep you aware of
your glucose levels. Alerts notify you when your glucose goes outside your
target range or is rapidly falling or rising, letting you take action before you get
too low or too high. The Urgent Low Glucose Alarm lets you know when you
are dangerously or urgently low, going below 55 mg/dL. By taking corrective
measures, you reduce the time spent in your low/high range, while increasing
time in your target range (Garg, S. Z., 2006) (Battelino, T., 2011).
Real-time CGM can help improve your A1C as well as improve the quality of
your glucose control. If you are at or below 7%, using a CGM such as the G5
Mobile System helps reduce hypoglycemia (Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group et al, 2008).
Lowering your A1C, increasing your time in your target range while
decreasing time in low/high BG range is believed to reduce your risk of
diabetes-related complications (Ohkubo, Y., 1995).
In some cases, patients perceived an increase in their quality of life and peace
of mind when using real-time CGM (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group, 2010).
What’s Next?
You’ve read the Safety Statements, reviewed the risks and benefits; now let’s
take a look at the G5 Mobile!