Contents:
- Medical Video: The Role of Insulin in the Human Body
- What is insulin injection?
- Can you inject insulin, but does the sugar level still rise?
- Is there a way to prevent a surge in blood sugar?
Medical Video: The Role of Insulin in the Human Body
Insulin injections are one of the therapies given to control diabetes. Usually type 1 diabetics must be given an injection of insulin so that their blood sugar levels are controlled.
Meanwhile, sufferers type 2 diabetes, injecting insulin is given when the medication given is no longer effective for controlling his blood sugar. However, can someone who has been given an insulin injection of sugar content still go up? What caused that to happen? Is there a way to prevent it?
What is insulin injection?
Insulin is a natural hormone produced by the body to convert glucose (sugar) in the body into energy. In healthy people, insulin can be produced naturally. However, in people who have diabetes, insulin is no longer produced enough by the body or even not produced at all. As a result, additional insulin is needed by injecting it into the body.
Insulin injections are needed by diabetic patients in certain conditions, especially in critical situations. It could also be because drinking drugs are no longer effective in managing stable blood sugar.
Can you inject insulin, but does the sugar level still rise?
The answer is short, you can. However, rising sugar levels after insulin injections are indeed unnatural and rarely occur in patients.
This tends to be caused by several factors. The most common factor is insulin resistance or maybe you need a higher dose of insulin than the previous dose.
Regarding insulin resistance, insulin resistance itself occurs when your pancreas produces insulin, but your cell does not use the hormone as it should.
When insulin doesn't work as it should, your cells will not absorb sugar properly so that it will have an impact on the buildup of sugar in your blood.
Insulin resistance can occur as one of the side effects of long-term use of insulin injections. As a result, you may begin to need a larger dose of insulin to get the effect that is as effective and influential as it was in the early days. This can be overcome by changing your insulin dose. Consult and ask for directions from your doctor to increase your insulin injection dose.
In addition, it is not yet clear why some people have insulin resistance and others do not. However, being overweight or obesity is one of the main risk factors. An unhealthy lifestyle or being overweight can also be another factor in your uncontrolled blood sugar even though you have been given insulin injections.
Is there a way to prevent a surge in blood sugar?
If you exercise regularly and have a balanced diet, you can maintain your weight to stay ideal and healthy. That way, you might be able to prevent complications of diabetes.
You should also use insulin injections under the supervision of a doctor. Do not change, add, reduce or stop insulin doses without consulting your doctor first.
That way, your doctor can monitor the effect of insulin on your body accurately. From there, the doctor will determine what therapy or lifestyle changes are most appropriate for people who experience insulin resistance or blood sugar is not balanced.
