This is how digital sensors work to measure glucose levels in Madrid residents
This year the Community of Madrid provided a total of 443,000 free sensors for electronic blood glucose measurement (SMGC) for diabetic patientsthrough which they can automatically transmit results to the doctors responsible for monitoring them.
This action, which significantly improves the quality of life of diabetic patients in Madrid, meant investment 20 million eurosThis is stated in data provided by the Ministry of Health on the eve of the celebration of World Diabetes Day, today, Thursday, November 14.
These devices that were provided free of charge victims, they began to be issued in a hospital setting in 2020, to those people who have been diagnosed with type 1 of this pathology, which requires insulin, and is an endocrine disease with higher incidence among the population.
The measure was completed last year, providing care to people with type 2 disease, in this case through health centers.
How the device works
Device has a small thread which is injected into the skin subcutaneously and continuously, 24 hours a day, controls interstitial glucose levels.
Data obtained from sensor measurements automatically sent to doctors is responsible for monitoring the patient, and the patient can also see them on the mobile phone, computer or smart watch they are using.
With this information, doctors can more accurately select medications, which is why, according to the newspaper El Español, “this ideal for those facing very complex treatment (at least six measurements per day).”
These devices also allow Receive high or low level alarms glucose levels in monitored patients in such a way as to avoid emergency situations or hospitalization due to chronic complications.
The Executive Authority of Madrid, which, in celebration of World Diabetes Day, is going to light up the façade of its headquarters in bluerecommends that the population lead a healthy lifestyle to prevent or slow the development of diabetes. “in 80% of cases.”