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Investigation into the non-invasive monitoring of blood glucose levels in people with diabetes

Ross Gillies-2005-10-01-University of Southern Queensland ePrints (University of Southern Queensland)

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Diabetes Mellitus is a condition that reduces the body's ability to maintain normal blood\nglucose levels. Maintaining the correct blood glucose level is important as it provides different\nparts of the body with energy to function properly. Because of this, diabetics must be able to\nknow what the levels are, so they can control them with supplements or other treatments.\nAt present, people with diabetes must monitor their blood glucose levels using invasive\ntechniques like needles and pin-prick devices sometimes up to three or four times a day,\ndepending on the severity of their condition. Because of the pain and inconvenience of testing\nusing this method, sufferers don't always test themselves as often as they should.\nA non-invasive, in vivo system of monitoring blood glucose levels is the vision of this\ninvestigation. Being non-invasive would make the task of measuring blood sugar painless. In\nvivo, in a clinical testing sense means constantly monitoring. This is in contrast

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Diabetes Mellitus is a condition that reduces the body's ability to maintain normal blood\nglucose levels. Maintaining the correct blood glucose level is important as it provides different\nparts of the body with energy to function properly. Because of this, diabetics must be able to\nknow what the levels are, so they can control them with supplements or other treatments.\nAt present, people with diabetes must monitor their blood glucose levels using invasive\ntechniques like needles and pin-prick devices sometimes up to three or four times a day,\ndepending on the severity of their condition. Because of the pain and inconvenience of testing\nusing this method, sufferers don't always test themselves as often as they should.\nA non-invasive, in vivo system of monitoring blood glucose levels is the vision of this\ninvestigation. Being non-invasive would make the task of measuring blood sugar painless. In\nvivo, in a clinical testing sense means constantly monitoring. This is in contrast

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Diabetes mellitusMedicineBlood glucose monitoringBlood sugarArtificial pancreasInsulinIn vivoIntensive care medicine

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