Medtronic | Dexcom | FreeStyle Libre | Trend Meaning | Glucose Value | Actions to Help You Stay or Get in Range |
Glucose rising >3 mg/dL/min | High | Take correctional insulin if you have not already done so in the past 2 hours. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal before you start eating; do not consume food, snacks, or drinks containing carbs until the trend arrow levels off. | |||
Glucose rising 2–3 mg/dL/min (>2 mg/dL/min for FreeStyle Libre) | In range | Your glucose is fine right now but rising; check back in 15 minutes. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal before you start eating; do not consume food, snacks, or drinks containing carbs until the trend arrow levels off. | |||
Glucose rising 1–2 mg/dL/min | Low | Your glucose is currently low but moving in the right direction; check back in 5 minutes. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal after you start eating; do not take your bolus until your glucose is out of the low range. | |||
No arrow | ➔ | ➔ | Glucose changing slowly <1 mg/dL/min | High | Take correctional insulin if you have not already done so in the past 2 hours. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal before you start eating; do not consume food, snacks, or drinks containing carbs until the trend arrow levels off. |
In range | If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal before you start eating. | ||||
Low | Your glucose is currently low; to correct it, consume fast-acting carbs (usually 4 oz of juice or 3–4 glucose tablets); check back in 5 minutes. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal after you start eating; do not take your bolus until your glucose is out of the low range. | ||||
Glucose falling 1–2 mg/dL/min | High | Your glucose is currently high but moving in the right direction; check back in 15 minutes. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal after you start eating; do not take your bolus until the trend arrow levels off. | |||
Glucose falling 2–3 mg/dL/min (>2 mg/dL/min for FreeStyle Libre) | In range | Your glucose is fine right now but falling; check back in 5 minutes. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal after you start eating; do not take your bolus until the trend arrow levels off. | |||
Glucose falling >3mg/dL/min | Low | Your glucose is currently low; to correct it, consume fast-acting carbs (usually 8 oz of juice or 6–8 glucose tablets); check back in 5 minutes. If you will eat, you can take your bolus insulin for your meal after you start eating; do not take your bolus until your glucose is out of the low range. |