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- Medical Video: Type 2 Diabetes | Nucleus Health
- 1. Inject insulin in any place
- 2. Change meal times
- 3. Do not check the dose to be injected again
- 4. Doubling insulin doses
Medical Video: Type 2 Diabetes | Nucleus Health
Some diabetics, may have to depend on injections of insulin so that their blood sugar stays under control. The use of insulin injections that must be timely and disciplined makes many people still make mistakes when using them. In fact, if you use it incorrectly, it will make the work of artificial insulin not optimal. So, what are the common mistakes that often occur when injecting insulin?
1. Inject insulin in any place
Insulin must be injected into a place with high fat content, such as the stomach, thighs, buttocks, and upper arms.
The insulin injection site must be injected directly into the fat under the skin, not muscle tissue. When insulin is injected into the wrong part, the lower the risk of blood sugar will occur faster.
2. Change meal times
Trivial insulin injection errors also occur when unscheduled meals. When not feeling hungry, often people are lazy to eat and shift time to eat. For injecting insulin users, this is a pretty dangerous mistake.
Injection insulin users should still follow a regular regular meal schedule. Because, when meal times change, the balance of blood sugar inside changes.
3. Do not check the dose to be injected again
On insulin injection devices, at the top of this tool can be seen doses that are issued. Before you inject into the body, you should consider the dose again. Because, if the dosage exceeds, the risk of hypoglycemia and some of its symptoms can occur to you.
Even when you are in the hospital, when you do not inject yourself, remind or re-check the dose before starting to be inserted in the body.
4. Doubling insulin doses
Sometimes, an insulin injection schedule can be missed, either because you forget it or it's really busy. Because it has been missed, some people actually panic.
However, do not try to immediately add a dose of insulin. If you have just had the chance or remember if you haven't injected, get an injection soon. Because when you use more insulin doses than you should, you can actually become hypoglycemia.
Even if you forget that you have injected or not, it's better to hold it, don't immediately inject high doses or directly twice. Monitor your blood sugar levels for up to 30 minutes.
If your blood sugar level is too high, you may not have injected it. But if the levels are normal it means you don't have to inject it again.
