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- Medical Video: Causes & Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes - Manipal Hospital
- Does insulin therapy have to be done for life?
- You may need permanent insulin injections if ...
Medical Video: Causes & Treatment Of Type 2 Diabetes - Manipal Hospital
One of the most common types of diabetes treatment is therapyinsulin - injected with a syringe, insulin pen, or insulin pump. But not a few people are afraid to undergo insulin therapy. Not because of fear of being injected, but because there is an assumption that injecting insulin must be done for life. Is insulin injection really permanent?
Does insulin therapy have to be done for life?
Insulin therapy itself varies with everyone. Some people only need one insulin shot a day, while others need three or four injections a day.
But not all insulin therapy must be done for life. The duration of therapy also depends on the needs and conditions of each person. Some people may only take a minute to undergo insulin therapy. However, many also have to wear it for years due to other health conditions that arise.
In addition, some of the conditions below also determine the duration of insulin therapy that a person must undergo. Among them:
- Using drugs that increase blood sugar. If you are consuming steroid medication, then usually the doctor will recommend you to do insulin therapy. The reason is, steroid drugs have side effects to increase blood sugar levels, so that drinking drugs alone are not enough to control your blood sugar. After the drug is stopped, then injections of insulin will also be stopped.
- Having excessive weight. Diabetics who are obese usually need more insulin levels. However, when you have exercised and are losing weight, insulin injections will be stopped. Treatment is continued only by oral medication.
- Being experiencing acute infectious disease. Experiencing an infectious disease can make your blood sugar levels increase, so the doctor will give you insulin therapy. However, indeed not all infectious diseases will be recommended like this, you should discuss your doctor first if you experience an infectious disease.
You may need permanent insulin injections if ...
Insulin is needed to keep blood sugar levels stable. In people who have type 1 diabetes, his body failed to produce insulin due to the body's immune system which had destroyed all the cells that produce insulin in the pancreas. Therefore, they need insulin injections since they were first diagnosed for the rest of their lives.
Meanwhile, even though the body of type 2 diabetes can still produce its own insulin, the amount is not enough. Therefore, people who have type 2 diabetes can still control their blood sugar by taking oral medication. However, some people have it type 2 diabetes may need lifelong insulin injections to replace the function of the pancreas as a producer of insulin. Usually this happens when your diabetes is out of control due to an unfavorable lifestyle, so that oral medications are no longer able to control your disease.
To find out whether you really need insulin injections or not, you should discuss it with your doctor.
