The objective is to improve the quality of life of patients and address the claims of associations
The Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands Government will launch new measurement systems for type 1 diabetes. The Minister of Health of the Canary Islands Government, José Manuel Baltar, and the General Director of Assistance Programs of the Canarian Health Service (SCS) (SCS), Elizabeth Hernández, met yesterday with the president of the Federation of Diabetes Associations of the Canary Islands (Fadican), the president of the Association for Diabetes de Tenerife (ADT), Julián González, and with the president of the Association of Diabetics of Diabetics of Diabetics ofGran Canaria (Adigran), Lidia Blanco, with the purpose of addressing the new measure that aims to improve the quality of life of patients and address the claims of diabetic associations.
The measure contemplates continuous glucose monitoring for patients with type 1 diabetes: pregnant women, children and adolescents, and people with serious hypoglycemia, and their indication is subject to the patient's age and the control of the disease.Thus, the new benefit, which has been agreed with the associations of diabetic patients Fadican and Adigran, offers better through two new devices glucose meters.
The monitoring flash systems is especially useful in children and adolescents, who present type 1 diabetes mellitus treated with multiple doses of daily insulin, since it is necessary to prick them many times a day to measure the level of blood glucose, and presentsIn addition, the advantage of not needing calibration, and that the duration of the sensor is up to 14 days, compared to six of other systems.With this measure, the Canary Islands are among the first autonomous communities to offer this provision in its portfolio of services.