Smart sensor that ends diabetes finger prick tests

[Northerner]

JOE BAYLISS is a typical sports-mad nine year old who loves nothing more than playing with his friends and is passionate about kick-boxing.

Yet since he was 18 months old, Joe has had to live with Type 1 diabetes and at least four times a day has to inject himself with insulin into his thigh or tummy to keep his blood sugar steady.

However for Joe, who lives in Amersham, Bucks, with his parents Sally, 42, Glenn, 43 and younger sister Hali, five, the worst aspect of having diabetes is having to endure regular finger prick tests, including during the night, to monitor his blood sugar levels.

After more than seven years of regular tests, his fingertips have become hard and sore. As he grows up he has become more aware that his friends don't have to endure being a human pincushion. Sally says sometimes Joe will refuse food because he knows he will have to have his finger pricked before eating.

http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/662295/Smart-sensor-ends-diabetes-finger-prick-tests

Looks like Abbott PR/marketing department have been out in force! 🙄

 

[Diabeticliberty]

Don't get me bloody started 😛 mine has now curiously swung around and started reading 2mmols higher than my AccuChek device.

 

[robert@fm]

And the same American spammer (Evelyn Goodwin) has posted the same spam "comment" to both this and the other article! I've reported this one; this is why it's not sensible to allow comments without having a "report this post" link.

 

[Matt Cycle]

Looks like Abbott PR/marketing department have been out in force! 🙄

Was thinking the same. I bet Abbott, being one of the smaller players, can't believe their good fortune with the Libre. It shows how unprepared they were by having to have a waiting list last year to get one. They've now invested in new facilities to produce them but I suspect the big boys Roche and Bayer etc will have gone into overdrive to come up with something similar. Long term it should mean more choice and cheaper prices. In the mean time Abbott will try to get as much as they can while they can.