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Freestyle Libre 2

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Joe1975

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Hi I just received freestyle Libre 2 sensor on Friday for my 7 year old granddaughter (Laila) who is recently diagnosed type 1

I inserted the sensor on her arm and linked the device to read her levels. However the levels on the scanner are constantly way out compared to her finger prick levels,

For example

scanner reads 6.9
Finger prick 3.9

As you can see from the example above it’s really worrying and it is mostly around this range both levels are out apart from on one occasion were astonishingly they were both the same.

can anyone give advice if there is something I might be doing incorrectly or does it take time to settle.

Any advice would be helpful

regards
Joe
 
The Libre is reading interstitial fluid, rather than blood, so is about 15 minutes behind a finger prick test. Some people find that some sensors are more accurate than others, but often you will find a sensor is consistently reading the same amount lower or higher.
The sensor does take time to settle, so it can help if the day before the current sensor runs out, you apply the new one and don't activate it until the old one has finished. That can give better results from the time you start to use it.
Also if your granddaughter's finger prick tests are below 4 or above 10 the sensor can become very inaccurate.
If you have a hypo, the sensor can take longer to show blood sugar rising again, so always check with a finger prick.
Having said all that I love the ability to scan as many times a day as I want, and the ability to see trends, where your blood sugar is always rising or falling each day, enables you to achieve better control, and treat blood sugar that is rising or falling much quicker.
Hope you find it helpful.
 
You're welcome.
The other thing I've remembered, is that if your granddaughter lies on the sensor at night, this can give 'compression lows' where it falsely appears that you are hypo for long periods of time, so before treating for a hypo, it's worth doing a blood test.
 
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