[drysine]

>If a brand of CGMs have an issue that sometimes causes false low readings

Not sometimes. "Over an extended period".

"Abbott Diabetes Care stated that certain FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors provide incorrect low glucose readings. If undetected, incorrect low glucose readings over an extended period may lead to wrong treatment decisions for people living with diabetes, such as excessive carbohydrate intake or skipping or delaying insulin doses."

Months of high blood glucose level can worsen patient's condition or if high enough even put them into hyperglycemic coma in weeks(?).

[0] https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/medical-device-recalls-a...

[consp]

While true, you would have to ignore all other indicators for quite an extensive period of time. Like excessive urination and hypersensitivity being obvious ones. Not impossible but I have the strong sense there is more to this story than reported in the FDA disclosure.

[DrStormyDaniels]

Not true, the effect of high blood levels can be very unpredictable. Especially above a certain number - and largely depending on the basal insulin strategy of the patient, for instance long acting shots versus constant micro doses of short acting via pumps. In the latter case, an untreated high blood sugar could escalate in a matter of hours to a fatal level.

[RobotToaster]

It's not that surprising, a lot of people (especially doctors) will dismiss symptoms if "objective" tests show normal levels

[harvey9]

In EMS school I was taught "treat the patient not the machine".

[pixl97]

>incorrect low glucose readings over an extended period

I use the G7 and the directions say to always use a finger stick to celebrate the unit, especially at high and low readings.

Did these people also not see and endocrinologist to get things like A1C?

Diabetes is very unforgiving as you get older or are a fragile diabetic. If they were just dependent on the CGM alone then it's likely a lot of other mismanagement was already occurring.

[drysine]

>to celebrate the unit

Typo. Perhaps you meant to celibate.

[camdenreslink]

Calibrate…

[drysine]

People have forgotten the old joke((

"A new monk arrived at the monastery. He was assigned to help the other monks in copying the old texts by hand. He noticed, however, that they were copying copies, not the original books. The new monk went to the head monk to ask him about this. He pointed out that if there were an error in the first copy, that error would be continued in all of the other copies.

The head monk said, ‘We have been copying from the copies for centuries, but you make a good point, my son.’ The head monk went down into the cellar with one of the copies to check it against the original.

Hours later, nobody had seen him, so one of the monks went downstairs to look for him. He heard a sobbing coming from the back of the cellar and found the old monk leaning over one of the original books, crying.

He asked what was wrong.

‘The word is ‘celebrate,’ not ‘celibate’!’ sobbed the head monk."