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It was one of the main demands of diabetic people and in a few months they can achieve it. Health will centrally purchase glucose monitoring systems for more than four million euros for some 2.200 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. These systems allow a more accurate and continuous reading of glucose levels and avoid finger pricks. Specifically, currently, only about 412 users, most of them minors, have it.
Until the end of 2018, these devices were only indicated for patients between 4 and 17 years old who required multiple doses of insulin (or insulin pump) and more than six blood glucose checks per day. But as of that date, prescriptions have been expanded to benefit a large part of patients over 18 years of age with type 1 diabetes. Specifically, as explained by the Department of Health, those who need at least six fingersticks a day for self-monitoring of blood glucose.
Among those who meet these conditions, an order of access priority will be established. Patients with visual impairment or severe functional limitations will be treated first and then those who suffer from repeated hypoglycemia. The goal is for the devices to begin distributing this year and continue next year.
The head of the Endocrinology service at the Miguel Servet hospital in Zaragoza, Javier Acha, highlights the benefits of these systems, which are composed of a sensor with a subcutaneous filament (the size of a button that is placed on the arm) and a receiver (which can even be a cell phone). “While punctures only offer us a still photo, now these monitoring systems offer us continuous information. Patients can even stop by the office and we can download a chart with more information,” says the specialist.
