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Technical progress is inexorably spreading across the planet and penetrating into all areas of our lives, including such specific aspects as the diagnosis of diseases. It is reported that now diabetics will be able to control the development of their disease without any problems using a special device that is connected directly to their iPhone — a multimedia a smartphone developed by Apple. This device, which can be called a glucose recorder, weighs no more than twenty grams and allows any diabetic who owns an iPhone to measure glucose levels in your blood at any time of the day or night. The official name of this device is iBGstar, and it can connect not only to Apple iPhone but also to iPod touch, Apple's portable media player. For this purpose, the device comes complete with a special free application that allows you not only to analyze, but also to store the data obtained, track and analyze them.
The release of this device, which Apple warned about a long time ago, seems to be an extremely significant event. It is believed that this device is able to gain the widest popularity, since accurate and thorough monitoring of blood glucose levels is essential for every diabetic who has one There are about sixty million in Europe alone. IBGstar will be especially useful for those patients who suffer from type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease accompanied by unpredictably dangerous increased blood glucose levels. This increase, in turn, threatens with serious health complications, including kidney failure, heart, nervous system and eye problems. A traditional blood glucose measuring device is a palm-sized device that can test blood obtained using a small built-in needle. IBGstar, which is already available at pharmacies (at least in a number of Western countries), works on exactly the same principle. However, the length of this device does not exceed two and a half centimeters, and it is connected directly to the Apple iPhone and iPod touch connectors. The blood test itself, as mentioned above, will be implemented by a special application that will display the data on the screen.
In addition, this application allows users to monitor the dynamics of changes in blood sugar levels, as well as provide the necessary additional useful information about carbohydrate consumption, insulin injections and exercise. “Timely monitoring of blood glucose levels is a vital procedure that can reduce the negative effect of diabetes. However, it is not always possible to make a quick and accurate analysis,” Sarah Johnson, a member of the Juvinile Diabetes Research Foundation, said in an interview Foundation) is a charitable organization that studies the development of type 1 diabetes in adolescents. — For this reason, we welcome any technological advances that will help people suffering from both type 1 and type 2 diabetes should control their condition.” Dr. Andrew Hockey, one of the medical leaders at Sanofi, a pharmaceutical company that manufactures the IBGstar device, supported Sarah Johnson, calling the release of this the device is a “huge step forward”. “This allows us to use the full power of the latest technological advances to enable diabetics to monitor their health on a daily basis,” added Dr. Hokki.