Do not ignore symptoms that may be due to low or high blood glucose. If you have symptoms that do not match the Sensor glucose reading or suspect that your reading may be inaccurate, check the reading by conducting a finger stick test using a blood glucose meter. If you are experiencing symptoms that are not consistent with your glucose readings, consult your health care professional.

What is the incidence of skin reactions?

In the 6-month IMPACT RCT with T1, "skin reactions occurred in 8% of participants, which the researchers considered typical of medical-grade adhesive use”.1 Skin reactions were reported for 4.0% of T 2 participants in the 6 month REPLACE RCT and 6.5 % participants during the REPLACE additional 6 month open-access phase. With any medical device that is attached to the body, skin reactions will be experienced by some individuals2.

References

1 Bolinder, J., et al.  Novel glucose-sensing technology and hypoglycaemia in type 1 diabetes: a multicentre, non-masked, randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. Published online September 12, 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31535-5

2 Haak, T., et al. Use of Flash Glucose-Sensing Technol for 12months as a Replacement for Blood Glucose Monitoring in Insulin-treated Type 2 Diabetes Ther DOI 10.1007/s13300-017-0255-6