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FDA authorizes first wearable device that monitors ketone and blood sugar levels

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Post by borski »

dredmorbius wrote: post #164
madrox wrote: post #113

A friend died of diabetic ketoacidosis. He loved technology and seeing people succeed. Thinking of him with this news. Miss you Dan. Grateful we're moving forward on so many fronts in the world.

Out of curiosity, Type I or Type II diabetes, if you (or others) are aware?

T1, in both cases.

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Post by dgellow »

madrox wrote: post #113

A friend died of diabetic ketoacidosis. He loved technology and seeing people succeed. Thinking of him with this news. Miss you Dan. Grateful we're moving forward on so many fronts in the world.

If you’re reading that and don’t know who that is, his Wikipedia page is worth a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky

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Post by sjhatfield »

umvi wrote: post #88

Ketones are only going to be present if you are exceptionally bad (very high carb diet) or exceptionally good (very low carb diet) at managing your blood sugar. It's not going to be terribly useful for your average diabetic who has fairly good control over their blood sugars.

This is not correct. When someone with type 1 has an illness they can develop ketones while their glucose appears stable within range. This is can lead to death. About once a year, when my son is sick, we need to monitor his ketones with finger pokes. When he has a stomach bug and can't eat, we have had to go to the hospital for a drip to allow us to give insulin and lower his ketone level. Having ketones on the CGM with glucose would have been very helpful.

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Post by newtwentysix »

dgellow wrote: post #212
madrox wrote: post #113

A friend died of diabetic ketoacidosis. He loved technology and seeing people succeed. Thinking of him with this news. Miss you Dan. Grateful we're moving forward on so many fronts in the world.

If you’re reading that and don’t know who that is, his Wikipedia page is worth a read: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Kaminsky

Thanks! I was curious who this Dan is

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Post by FrustratedMonky »

BrtByte wrote: post #182
bilsbie wrote: post #145

“Wearable” seems misleading. It looks like this is inserted into the arm like a cgm? Or am I looking at the wrong product?

Yes, it's minimally invasive rather than noninvasive

Well. this seems like a big detail to leave out for something advertised as 'wearable'.

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Post by Trasmatta »

umvi wrote: post #88

Ketones are only going to be present if you are exceptionally bad (very high carb diet) or exceptionally good (very low carb diet) at managing your blood sugar. It's not going to be terribly useful for your average diabetic who has fairly good control over their blood sugars.

I am a type 1 diabetic and this is not true, and an incredible oversimplification. And categorizing "very low carb" as "good" and "very high carb" as "bad" is bizarre and untrue. You can go into DKA on a low carb diet.

And low carb vs high carb for T1D is NOT a "good vs bad" equation to start with.

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