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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 859640" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>What are Abbott using to keep these sensors stuck - industrial superglue???</p><p></p><p>I've just removed a sensor on its final day. It was flat lining on LO since the early hours and was due to come off this evening, so I thought I'd take it off early.</p><p></p><p>I had put it on over a cuttable duoderm hydrocolloid plaster with a small hole for the sensor probe. There has been no itching and no soreness. The sensor stayed stuck firmly to the plaster throughout and the plaster stayed stuck firmly to my skin until it started lifting a bit on Thursday evening and I stuck a piece of OpSite over it. All good.</p><p></p><p>I had cut the plaster into a circle the size of the sensor applicator to make sure I got the probe in the right place, and the Opsite was a bit bigger than that so it overlapped all round.</p><p></p><p>As I took the whole lot off earlier, it left a perfect red mark in the exact shape and size of the bloody sensor. ***??? The sensor adhesive didn't touch my skin at all for the whole fortnight. There is no mark or redness around the probe where I had cut the plaster - so it's not that causing it. There is no redness or irritation on the area beyond the sensor where the plaster covered for a fortnight and there is no irritation or redness where the OpSite had been. So, somehow, the bloody Abbott adhesive has irritated my skin through the duoderm plaster even though it never touched my skin. How is this even possible?</p><p></p><p>The irritation is not as bad as usual, but it is certainly still there and I certainly saw a largish piece of skin pull away from under the sensor site as I lifted the duoderm. If covering the area completely hasn't stopped it, I don't think anything will.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 859640, member: 29301"] What are Abbott using to keep these sensors stuck - industrial superglue??? I've just removed a sensor on its final day. It was flat lining on LO since the early hours and was due to come off this evening, so I thought I'd take it off early. I had put it on over a cuttable duoderm hydrocolloid plaster with a small hole for the sensor probe. There has been no itching and no soreness. The sensor stayed stuck firmly to the plaster throughout and the plaster stayed stuck firmly to my skin until it started lifting a bit on Thursday evening and I stuck a piece of OpSite over it. All good. I had cut the plaster into a circle the size of the sensor applicator to make sure I got the probe in the right place, and the Opsite was a bit bigger than that so it overlapped all round. As I took the whole lot off earlier, it left a perfect red mark in the exact shape and size of the bloody sensor. ***??? The sensor adhesive didn't touch my skin at all for the whole fortnight. There is no mark or redness around the probe where I had cut the plaster - so it's not that causing it. There is no redness or irritation on the area beyond the sensor where the plaster covered for a fortnight and there is no irritation or redness where the OpSite had been. So, somehow, the bloody Abbott adhesive has irritated my skin through the duoderm plaster even though it never touched my skin. How is this even possible? The irritation is not as bad as usual, but it is certainly still there and I certainly saw a largish piece of skin pull away from under the sensor site as I lifted the duoderm. If covering the area completely hasn't stopped it, I don't think anything will. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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