Dexcom G5 - Benefits; Knowing Your Trends; Making Treatment Decisions Based on Your CGM; Sensor Insertion Risks

Dexcom G5 Mobile System User Guide
31Risks and Benefits
Sensor Insertion Risks
Inserting the sensor and wearing the adhesive patch might cause infection, bleeding,
pain, or skin irritations (for example, redness, swelling, bruising, itching, scarring, or skin
discoloration). The chance of this happening is low.
The Dexcom G5 Mobile uses the same sensor as the previous CGM system—the Dexcom G4
PLATINUM. The Dexcom G4 PLATINUM System clinical studies and compliant data showed
slight redness and swelling occurring only in a few patients.
During the Dexcom G4 PLATINUM System's clinical study, no sensor wires broke; however,
there is a remote chance a sensor wire could break or detach and remain under your skin.
Sterile broken sensor wires don’t pose a significant medical risk.
If a sensor wire breaks off or detaches and remains under your skin, contact your healthcare
professional and call Dexcom’s Technical Support toll free, 24/7, at 1.888.738.3646 or toll at
1.858.200.0200 within 24 hours.
Those are the risks, let’s now review the benefits!
3.2 Benefits
Daily habits impact your BG levels. With the Dexcom G5 Mobile, you can track how your
exercise, carbs, stress levels, medication, or illness influence your glucose levels.
Knowing Your Trends
Providing sensor glucose readings every five minutes, for up to seven days, the Dexcom G5
Mobile helps you detect trends and patterns. Trend information as well as the trend arrow
reveals where your glucose is now, where it has been, where it’s heading, and how fast it’s
changing. This provides you with a more complete picture of your glucose.
Making Treatment Decisions Based on Your CGM
With Dexcom G5 Mobile, you can now use the sensor glucose readings to make your diabetes
treatment decisions (like how much insulin to take, when to treat a low glucose, etc.) when
you have the key pieces of CGM information: your trend arrow and sensor glucose reading. If
you are using the Dexcom G5 Mobile to make treatment decisions, make sure your Alerts are
on. Talk to your healthcare professional to determine your best Alert levels.