Sweat Based Blood Glucose Analysis
Journal Title: Scientific Journal of Microbiology - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
Painless and reliable glucose monitoring for diabetes is the battle of the next generation. As technology advances, both diagnostic techniques and equipment are designed to work non-invasively. Glucose monitoring becomes an inevitable part of a diabetic’s life and hence a technology which could reduce the number of times the patients would have to puncture themselves for the blood testing would be greatly appreciated. Till date different technologies have been applied to quantify blood glucose non-invasively such as spectroscopy, fluoroscopy, bio-impedance principle, etc., however these methods are not fallible as the accuracy fluctuates [5]. Every human being perspires and it has been proven that the glucose content in sweat varies proportionally with the blood glucose. Hence quantifying the glucose in sweat can deliver the correct blood glucose level based on which further diagnoses could be made by the doctors. In this paper the difficulties involved in the analysis of blood glucose using sweat and the constraints will be discussed. The sweat can be induced either by the transdermal delivery of pilocarpine (sweat gland activating drug) by iontophoresis or by the use of sweat inducer fabric (localized heating). Sweat collected; on reaction with the glucose oxidase biosensor will produce amperometric change from which blood glucose can be quantified.
Authors and Affiliations
A. Velmurugan, Sanjanaa Jeevandass, Fina Jeena Simon, Libya Bhojan
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