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Noninvasive glucose monitoring (NIGM), called Noninvasive continuous glucose monitoring when used as a CGM technique, is the measurement of blood glucose levels, required by people with diabetes to prevent both chronic and acute complications from the disease, without drawing blood, puncturing the skin, or causing pain or trauma. The search for ...
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Blood glucose monitoring is the use of a glucose meter for testing the concentration of glucose in the blood . Particularly important in diabetes management , a blood glucose test is typically performed by piercing the skin (typically, via fingerstick ) to draw blood, then applying the blood to a chemically active disposable 'test-strip'.
This is known as continuous glucose monitoring. CGMs are used by people who treat their diabetes with insulin, for example people with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, or other types of diabetes, such as gestational diabetes. A continuous glucose monitor has three parts: a small electrode that is placed under the skin
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A glucose meter, also referred to as a "glucometer", [1] is a medical device for determining the approximate concentration of glucose in the blood. It can also be a strip of glucose paper dipped into a substance and measured to the glucose chart.
I think the future of the glucose meter should be in the main article for blood glucose monitoring, where many forms of BG monitoring are discussed. It should be removed from this article. mbbradfor d 09:01, 16 December 2006 (UTC) Agreed. See my long comment below. Habanero-tan 20:10, 19 May 2015 (UTC)