How to insulin injections

Source: Chinese medicine at the health network

Insulin injection method mainly used insulin syringes and insulin pen in two ways. Patients need insulin injections attention to the following questions:

1. The use of the exclusive use of insulin syringes, the syringe can not be applied the general, because a dedicated insulin syringe is marked on the scale of units of insulin, syringes on the general scale is ml, and is the smallest unit of 0.1ml, after conversion of insulin equal to 4 units , and most patients need insulin injection dose is not integer multiple of 4. Therefore, if the use of an ordinary syringe, the patient needs not only dose and volume conversion, but also difficult to accurately extract the required dose.

2. The use of insulin syringes insulin extraction liquid should also pay attention to the use of different insulin syringe extraction, such as the use of a bottle of 400 units of insulin should be used at 40 units (1ml) of the insulin syringe, and the use of 300 units of insulin should be used when the cartridge is 100 units (1ml) syringe, otherwise easily lead to dose errors.

3. The use of insulin pen injection patients will need to save sum injection at room temperature, a cool, dark place. Under normal circumstances, insulin pen on the refrigerator does not need, even in hot summer, the majority of insulin pens will be equipped with thermal insulation bags, insulin pen can only be insulated bag. If the insulin pen as on the refrigerator,热胀冷缩could cause actual liquid dose insulin injections are not allowed.

4. If the temperature is too high, more than 25 ℃, and in patients with insulin pen does not maintain insulation kits, insulin pen must be placed in the refrigerator, the insulin pen should be equipped with front-end part of the insulin cartridge placed in the refrigerator the next spin 2 ℃ ~ 8 ℃ preservation. Insulin pen dose knob to adjust the rear with some of the penholder can not be placed on the refrigerator, because if the dose knob will affect the accuracy of damp.

5. Bottled insulin injections before 30 minutes ahead of time out from the refrigerator, placed at room temperature before rewarming injection.

6. Once opened insulin bottle in 2 ℃ ~ 8 ℃ preservation can be used under the conditions of a maximum of 3 months, insulin cartridges once opened, store at room temperature can be used up to 1 month.

7. Insulin syringes and insulin pen needles need to replace a one-time, many patients with repeated use will cause great harm, such as infection, pain, subcutaneous induration, such as muscle atrophy, and ultimately affect the patient's blood sugar control. Insulin should be injected in the subcutaneous tissue instead of muscle.
Believe that patients can do if the above points, we can skillfully and correctly injected insulin to control blood sugar better.