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Dexcom G5 Mobile System User Guide
171Home Screen, Rate of Change Arrows, and Errors
Rate of Change Arrows
App What your glucose is doing
Steady
Changing:
• Less than 1 mg/dL each minute
• Up to 15 mg/dL in 15 minutes
Slowly Rising or Falling
Changing:
• 1-2 mg/dL each minute
• Up to 30 mg/dL in 15 minutes
Rising or Falling
Changing:
• 2-3 mg/dL each minute
• Up to 45 mg/dL in 15 minutes
Rapidly Rising or Falling
Changing:
• More than 3 mg/dL each minute
• More than 45 mg/dL in 15 minutes
N/A System can’t calculate the speed and direction of your glucose change.
There are a number of reasons why you may not get rate of change arrows:
• You just started your sensor session
• No sensor glucose readings over the last few minutes