DECREASINGHYPOGLYCEMIAUNAWARENESSINAPATIENTWITHTYPE1 DIABETESMELLITUSAFTER CONTINUOUSGLUCOSEMONITORING: TOOLSFORSELF-CARE

Perez-Cavero S.H.; Manrique-Hurtado H.; Leey-Casella J. · Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana (2022) · DOI: 10.25176/rfmh.v22i4.5046

Resumen

Diabetes mellitus is a public health problem that causes early and late complications. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has become the main technological tool for real-time glycemic control and has the potentialtopreventcomplications.However,itsusehasnotspreadinlow-andmiddle-incomecountries. We present the experience in the management of a patient with type 1 diabetes with hypoglycemia unawarenessinwhomtheuseofreal-timeCGMachievedboth:lesshypoglycemicepisodesandoptimization of insulin regimen. The benefit of real-time CGM in addition to the use of analog insulins and diabetes educationresultedinbettermetaboliccontrol.CGMisausefultooltoconsiderinpatientswithhypoglycemia unawarenessandtominimizetheriskofcomplicationsinthefuture.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; Universidad Científica del Sur