Now, life with diabetes has become a little easier for people from the north.

Diabetics in North Jutland to Receive Blood Sugar Monitors ( https://www.dr.dk/en/news/north-jutland/)

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Now, North Jutland Residents with Diabetes Have an Easier Daily Life

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Region North Jutland is accelerating investments in blood sugar monitors for diabetes patients, following criticism for lagging behind other regions

The small white disc is a glucose sensor that is attached to the upper arm and makes it easier to regulate blood sugar levels in daily life. Now, diabetes patients in North Jutland will also be offered this technology. (© (C) DR North Jutland)

By

Jesper Knox ( [email protected] ) Today at 15:40

A glucose monitor on the upper arm can make daily life easier for people with type 1 diabetes.

And now, diabetes patients in North Jutland will also enjoy this technology, which has already been offered in the regions of Capital Region, Zealand, and Eastern Jutland.

The monitor works by a small sensor thread measuring glucose levels, and values are sent automatically to an app, where the patient can read the number and react accordingly. It also has an alarm function if blood sugar levels become too low or too high.

> "I have had to be the last man several times and had to find my way home alone. It's really tiring to have to regulate your blood sugar."

> Kristian Bank Møller, high school teacher and diabetes patient, Hjørring

High school teacher Kristian Bank Møller looks forward to the small white disc on his upper arm. As a diabetic and a cycling enthusiast, it's often challenging to poke his finger and measure his blood sugar, he says.

- We have to bring out the measuring device several times a day, use both hands to press the blood out - and then wipe the blood off the finger. We also have to have food and medication ready. So it's really tiring to regulate your blood sugar, he says.

Kristian Bank Møller has asked for a glucose monitor several times, even with his doctor's recommendation, but has always been denied.

He can now look forward to getting one before the end of 2025, and it means the world to the competitive motion cyclist, allowing him to stay on his bike the entire ride.

- I have been last man several times and had to find my way home alone.

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Reducing pressure on hospitals and doctors

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In the North Jutland Regional Council, Venstre's Lina Hundebøll Jespersen, who is the chair of the Health Committee, is pleased that the money has been found two years earlier than planned.

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How to Measure Your Blood Sugar

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At the test, you prick your finger, squeeze a little blood out, and analyze the blood drop with a small machine. The frequency with which you should check your blood sugar during the day varies.

If you have a sensor-based glucose monitor, a small sensor is attached to the upper arm with a plaster. If your blood sugar suddenly becomes too high or low, the alarm on your phone is triggered. Therefore, you don't have to keep an eye on your blood sugar in the same way, as it is monitored automatically by the monitor.

This should help reduce the pressure on healthcare services, as patients no longer need to visit the doctor or hospital as often.

- Of course, it's a significant investment now, but the technology increases the patient's insight into their disease, so the patient requires less contact with the hospital or their own doctor. Which, in turn, reduces the pressure on healthcare services, says the committee chair.

- With blood sugar monitors, diabetes can be regulated better. We estimate that we will be able to prevent complications for more patients than we do now, says the committee chair.

Region North Jutland has allocated seven million kroner in the next year's budget, so that everyone can receive a glucose monitor, which not only reduces the risk of heart diseases, insulin shock, and makes it easier to regulate blood sugar.

It is planned that everyone will have received it by the end of next year.

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