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Remifa non invasive blood glucose meter

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2468mag

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Hi I keep getting adverts for the above on my facebook page. My son is disabled and cannot do finger pricking himself. Does anyone have any experience of the accuracy of such devices?
 
Nobody has yet made one that actually works and this one will join all the others. Don't waste your money, but if you do, do not use the numbers shown for any decision making.
 
What type of diabetes does your son have and what medication does he take? How often has he been advised to fingerprick?

If he’s been advised he needs to take fingerpricks but is having to have a carer to do this for him then he may qualify for cgm, depending on the situation, to reduce the fingerpricks needed.
 
He’s Type 1 and has a cgm. If he has a low, finger pricking is advised before glucose. It is impossible for him as he is visually impaired as well.
 
Hi @2468mag is his difficulty seeing to prick his finger and apply blood or is it reading the result on the glucose meter? If it’s the latter, I believe you can get ‘talking’ meters.

What CGM does he have?
 
And just to add, I’d stay well away from Remifa and the like. There’s always some ‘magic’ non-invasive watch or finger clip blah blah blah, which turn out to be inaccurate and a waste of money. As your son already has a CGM, he’d be better sticking with that and his meter and enquiring after aids to help him use them.
 
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