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For measuring blood sugar without pricking your finger, you can consider using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM). Here are some details:

- Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM)
- Function: Measures blood sugar levels through a small detector implanted in your interstitial fluid, under your skin.
- Advantages:
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For measuring blood sugar without pricking your finger, you can consider using a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM). Here are some details:

- Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM):
- Function: Measures blood sugar levels through a small detector implanted in your interstitial fluid, under your skin.
- Advantages:
- Provides constant monitoring without the need for finger sticks.
- Data can be sent directly to your smartphone through an app.
- Allows doctors to calculate an “ambulatory glucose profile” to see how often your blood sugar is in the normal, high, or low range.
- Can be programmed to give alerts for high or low blood sugar levels.
- Considerations:
- The glucose reading from interstitial fluid is slightly delayed compared to blood glucose readings.
- You might need to double-check the result with a finger-stick blood test, especially after taking insulin, eating, or exercising.

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