Injections

is a hormone made by the pancreas to carry blood sugar to the cells to be utilized as an energy source.  When a person has type I diabetes, their pancreas cannot produce at all, and when an individual has type II diabetes, their body is unable to make enough . So, patients with type II diabetes require daily injections and to adopt healthy lifestyle choices, including regular physical activity and a diet that is diabetes-friendly.

If you have been diagnosed with diabetes or look after a loved one with diabetes who requires shots on a daily basis, it is crucial you become informed about shots. Be sure to ask your primary physician for instructions or even for a demonstration prior to applying injections.

Delivering With a Syringe

Prepare all your supplies first; before beginning with the actual injection step, make sure you have all that you need at an arm’s length like your vial, a syringe, and pads. There is a variety of injection types such as fast-acting or short-acting, so ascertain that you have the kind of prescribed by your doctor. There are also multiple methods of administration such as via pens and pumps, and even when you decide to use a syringe, syringes are available in different sizes.

Delivering your with a syringe is the most common means of delivery as it is inexpensive, and most insurance policies fully cover it.

Syringes are varied depending on how much they can hold as well as their needle size. A 1mL syringe is typical for a dose of 50-100 units of ; a 0.5mL syringe for 30-50 units of , and a 0.3mL syringe for a shot less than 30 units.

Refrigerate Your

The cold temperature is a preventative measure against the getting spoiled too fast, so always store your in the fridge. Remember, however, that you need to wait for the vial of to become room temperature before giving yourself the shot, so a rule of thumb here is to get your out of the fridge about half an hour prior to your injection time.

Use One Type of for the Syringe

Double-check to make sure you have the correct type and that it is not expired. Keep in mind; there should be no clusters in liquid . Sanitize your hands thoroughly before opening the vial of and use a disinfectant wipe or any type of sterilizing cloth to wipe down the cap of the bottle. Then lift the needle cap, draw back the plunger to the mark that matches to the quantity of you require, stick the needle into the rubber cap and depress the plunger. Turn the bottle backward while the needle is still in and then draw back the plunger once more to fill up the syringe with the correct dose.

Certain Types May Be Added Together

Only combine two types if your doctor explicitly instructs you to as not all types can be mixed together. Once you know how much of each type of should be mixed in upon your doctor’s instruction, you can fill up your syringe as you normally would when you use one kind of but mixing in the right amounts of the two types of this time instead. Your physician can also instruct you on how to fill the syringe in the correct order.

The Injection Site

injections need to be delivered into the fatty layer just beneath the skin, which is why the best injection sites on the body are the stomach, thighs, below the upper arm, and buttocks. Patients in need of daily injections should switch up the places of injection to circumvent scarring. It is a good idea to make it a habit of delivering the shots to the same general area on the body while choosing different specific spots for injections.

The Injection

After deciding on an injection site, all that is left is to give yourself the injection. You must sanitize the injection site with soap and water. Squeeze the skin and tissue of fat tightly together and lightly part it from the muscle mass beneath and then insert the needle at a 90-degree angle granted you have enough tissue to work with. If you are a lean person, you may want to inject the needle at a 45-degree angle to make things easier. Once the needle is fully in, begin pressing the plunger to release the . Never, ever reuse syringes.

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