Understanding your FreeStyle Libre systems data
Use the data on your reader to see how you’re progressing over time.
- Real-time glucose information
- Time In Range
- Trend Arrows
Monitor trends and patterns from your device to see how well you’ve been managing your glucose over time.
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Glucose trend arrow
The direction in which glucose is heading.
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Current glucose reading
Glucose level from your latest scan.
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Glucose graph
Shows how your glucose levels have changed over the last 8 hours.
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Target range
Easily identify when you are above or below your target range.
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Why don’t blood glucose and sensor glucose readings match?
Glucose enters the blood first, which is what finger pricks measure32. Then, it enters the interstitial fluid (ISF) found around cells beneath the skin – this is what sensors measure32. Both are accurate but at slightly different points in time.
Think of blood glucose as the engine of a train, and the interstitial fluid or sensor glucose as the caboose32.
When glucose levels are stable, there’s little difference in measurements.
As glucose levels rise, like they can after a meal, sensor glucose lags behind blood glucose32.
After medication or exercise, glucose levels may fall with the sensor glucose again lagging behind32.
Diabetes is a
balancing act.
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