This table provides some information on how you can factor the Glucose
Trend Arrow into your treatment decisions. Remember that you should
never make a treatment decision based on the Glucose Trend Arrow alone.
Glucose
Trend
Arrow
Treatment Decision Considerations
Low Glucose
(< 70 mg/dL)
Glucose in
Target Range
High Glucose
(> 240 mg/dL)
No Arrow or
No Number
You will see the
symbol. Do not treat based on Sensor
glucose reading. Do a blood glucose test.
You will see the symbol. Do not treat based on Sensor
glucose reading. Do a blood glucose test.
You will see the
symbol. Do not
treat based on Sensor
glucose reading. Do a
blood glucose test.
If you are about to eat,
take insulin to cover
your meal. Consider
taking a little more
since glucose is rising.
If you have taken
insulin recently, do
nothing and scan again
later.
Avoid “insulin stacking”.
If you are about to eat,
take insulin to cover
your meal. Consider
taking a little more
since glucose is high
and rising.
If this is between
meals, consider taking
an insulin correction
dose, unless you have
taken insulin recently. If
you have taken insulin
recently, do nothing
and scan again later.
Avoid “insulin stacking”.
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