Real Time CGM Recommended for some type 2 Children
In the UK, hundreds of children with type 2 diabetes will be offered the choice of two life changing technologies.
Children with type 2 diabetes who currently manage their condition with the ‘burdensome’, ‘tiring’, and ‘stressful’ task of finger prick testing several times a day could be offered a choice between two ‘life changing’ technologies to virtually automate the process, NICE has said.
CAPTION: The End of Finger pricking?
For the first time new guidance from NICE recommends the use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (rtCGM) or intermittently scanned glucose monitoring (isCGM) devices for some children living with type 2 diabetes who are currently using finger prick testing and insulin therapy.
NICE was told that children being offered the technology would be subjected to the ‘burdensome’, ‘tiring’, and ‘stressful’ task of finger prick testing several times a day, and instead technology could automate this process.
The devices have already been recommended for children with type 1 diabetes.