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Intensive insulin therapy: Tight blood sugar control
What are the benefits of intensive insulin therapy?
What are the risks of intensive insulin therapy?
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What is intensive insulin therapy?
Setting a blood sugar goal
What are the benefits of aiming for a lower blood sugar?
What's the commitment?
Are there risks to keeping my blood sugar levels lower?
Is intensive insulin therapy right for you?
What is intensive insulin therapy?
Intensive insulin therapy is a treatment approach designed to keep your blood sugar levels closer to the levels of someone who doesn't have diabetes. This treatment requires close monitoring of blood sugar levels and multiple doses of insulin.
Newer methods of blood sugar monitoring and insulin delivery may make it easier and safer to maintain more normal blood sugar levels. One such method is called a sensor-augmented insulin pump. This system combines continuous blood sugar monitoring, insulin pump delivery and a computer algorithm that controls some of the insulin delivery.
