Archive for the ‘Insulin’ Category
I kept injecting my Insulin on my stomach not knowing that the fat was going to accumulate and now I have two big bumps of fat on each side of my belly button. I already stopped injecting in the area. Is there other things I can do to help reduce the bumps?
Thanks for the answers. I would like to know how long do they take to go away? I have been working out and have lost about 10 pounds but I can still see the bumps in my stomach. How long will they take to go away?
You should talk to your doctor about it and ask him or her to approve other injection sites. I had a client this happened to, so she used her shoulder for a long time while the bumps on her belly went away. When that got too sore, she went back to her belly for a while, until the bumps developed again. Then she’d change to a different injection site. It’s good to rotate injection sites anyway. The bumps go away after a while.
So i ate some cookies and stuff, but I want to be sure that my caloric intake will still be low enough for me not to gain weight today. I had a healhty breakfast but what are some meals that i could eat about now or any type of food that would keep my Insulin levels from rising.
Do exercise!! It will burn off that sugar. Sorry, there is no food to "counteract" sugar or block it from affecting you. All you can do is burn it up!! Get out and do some vigorous exercise!
My stepfather passed recently under very suspicious circumstances. To put it shortly, we have reason to believe that an insulin injection might have contributed to his death.
The autopsy results have come back inconclusive. Can any tests be done to detect the presence of Insulin?
to the best of my knowledge i dont believe it can be proved. insulin is something that the body naturally produces so everyones levels are different. im truly sorry for your loss. perhaps the type of insulin would be a factor to consider as some comes from animals not humans.
I have Type 2 and I take metformin (Glucophage) and glimepiride (Amaryl), in addition to 30 IU of 24-hour insulin (Lantus) and about 100 IU of rapid acting Insulin (Humalog 2-3 hr) each day.
My blood glucose is not controlled really well. It skates along in the 150-200 mg/dL range.
If I am to get my blood glucose under control, how often can I expect to have a hypoglycemic episode?
If you get your glucose under control, you won’t have hypoglycemic episodes. That would not define control. As far adding as protein snacks, don’t do anything without your doctor’s knowledge and advice. Make sure your doctor is aware of your daily levels. Dosage adjusments may be in order.
I take Novolin and it says "human insulin". Where do they get that from? Is it synthetic or do they actually take real peoples insulin when they die?
Novolin is a synthetic Insulin which is structurally identical to the insulin produced by your pancreas. This is a man made product.
I am 26 and I have Type 1 Diabetes. I am not a student, I am not married, and I am a musician, so I do not have the advantage of steady work. I have health insurance in the states, but it does not work in Europe. Due to German laws reagarding work permits, I had to buy cheap European health insurance that does not cover pre-existing conditions (aka diabetes). Currently I am busing supplies and Insulin in the states and having it shipped here, but that is very expensive. Any suggestions and/or advice is welcomed! Please help!
U really have to find a health insurace in Germany. When you do not have it will be also the same price to got without healt insurance to the doctor (once somebody looked my teeth, and after she said that it coast 34 euro… and she did not do with anything just looked around and I had an insurance!!!!). I think after every visit you have to pay 10 euros, and keep everything (invoice and others) and send to the agency where you have your insurance. But that is not sure. I made it so, but I think every agency has differet methods.
Good luck!
I’m curious since I read that consumptoin of high fructose will produce Insulin in your body. And that insulin is one reason why you feel sleepy after drinking soda or eating sugary jam.
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My grandmother is 90 years old and has congestive heart failure. She also is a diabetic that takes three insulin shots per day. In the last week she had two heart attacks, and the doctors have said there is little more that they can do for her. Monday, Hospice is going to step in and they will take her off all her medications and just give her morphine for pain until she passes away. I am just wondering what will happen to her once they stop giving her the insulin.
well that depends on the person and her blood sugars, she could probably go quite awhile by eating well. In all likeliness it probably wont be the lack of Insulin that kills her. Good luck, and best wishes to your grandmother
The other day, my mom was not feeling well, and so she was not thinking clearly, and got distracted while preparing her Insulin. She thinks she might have actually forgot to put any insulin into the syringe! But she had pulled the syringe back enough to allow the air in, so she would have injected just air into herself. Is this dangerous? What could happen?
Air is only dangerous when it enters the vein. There’s all this hype about air bubbles causing you to die. This is called an air embolus, and if an air bubble reaches your lungs you very well could die. However, the amount of air has to be a lot! Not tiny little air bubbles…
You have absolutely nothing to worry about. Notice that the air has to be injected into the vein. Insulin is always injected into the subcutaneous (fat) tissue. Even if she did inject a whole insulin syringe full of air into herself, it would have gone into her fatty tissue, not her vein, and therefore poses no threat. If she doesn’t know if she took her insulin though, she needs to check her blood sugar often to make sure that her sugar doesn’t get too high.
The other day, my mom was not feeling well, and so she was not thinking clearly, and got distracted while preparing her insulin. She thinks she might have actually forgot to put any insulin into the syringe! But she had pulled the syringe back enough to allow the air in, so she would have injected just air into herself. Is this dangerous? What could happen?
Air is only dangerous when it enters the vein. There’s all this hype about air bubbles causing you to die. This is called an air embolus, and if an air bubble reaches your lungs you very well could die. However, the amount of air has to be a lot! Not tiny little air bubbles…
You have absolutely nothing to worry about. Notice that the air has to be injected into the vein. Insulin is always injected into the subcutaneous (fat) tissue. Even if she did inject a whole insulin syringe full of air into herself, it would have gone into her fatty tissue, not her vein, and therefore poses no threat. If she doesn’t know if she took her Insulin though, she needs to check her blood sugar often to make sure that her sugar doesn’t get too high.
