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Insulin injection

The body quickly absorbs the insulin when injected subcutaneously (under the skin) injections are usually put in the upper arm, thigh, the buttocks or abdomen, changing with each dose the injection site .

Insulin should be pricked in the abdomen by rotating the injection site, ie not pricking twice in the same place. If for any reason you may get stuck in the abdomen, you can do in the arms or thighs, but in these places the absorption and insulin action is irregular.

To prick, take a small fold of skin between your fingers clean and disinfect it with alcohol, insert the needle at an angle of 45 degrees, and inject the right amount of insulin. Then remove the needle slowly and release the skin fold.Recent research on insulin inhalers (which would eliminate the shot), with promising results, but are not yet available.

What can a diabetic patient do?

- Learn to burst right from the start, manual carefully attending nurse.

- Learn to recognize the warning signs of hypoglycemia and how to treat, taking sugar to raise your blood glucose level (should take about 10 grams of sugar, or glucose tablets).

- Measure your blood sugar every day, to see how your body reacts to eating, exercise and changes in insulin dose. It’s the only way to get used to control blood glucose.

- Pay attention to your doctor to teach you how to adjust insulin doses to their particular needs. Over time, you yourself will know enough about your illness and the reactions of his body to do it himself.

Good advice

Should the dose of short-acting insulin when the patient:

- Eat more than usual.

- Exercise less than usual.

Conversely, use less short-acting insulin when the patient:

- Eat less.

- Get more exercise.

No adjustments must be made in doses of long-acting insulin by alterations in a single measure of blood sugar (for example, if sugar is high only once), because a change in dose of this insulin does not alter the levels of body’s blood sugar immediately, but exerts its effect on glycemia in the longer term.

credit to: Dr. Gonzalo Martín Peña, Dr. Jan Erik Henriksen, Dr. Henning Beck-Nielsen, Dr. Ian W. Campbell

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