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How to Inject Insulin

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Written by Julia Hanf

Friday, 11 April 2008

by JuliaHanf

The word injection sends chills running up and down one's spine as visions of long sharp needles fill the eye. However, it can become less frightening and much easier the more familiar you become with how to correctly inject insulin.

All over the world, syringe and needle is brought in use for the purpose of injecting insulin. These days, insulin pens are gaining importance for this purpose and are easily available. The insulin is soaked up in the syringe from the bottle. Afterwards, this insulin is injected into patient's skin wherein the bloodstream absorbs the insulin.

Insulin may be injected into several areas of your body where there is a deposit of fatty tissue present and where large blood vessels, nerves, muscles and bones are not too near to the surface.

Belly is the only area of human body where there is rapid and reliable absorption which is why insulin is often injected in there. The two inch ring around the navel does not absorb and hence insulin is not injected there. Illustration shows the rotation of the injection. Back of your upper arms, thighs or buttocks are some of the areas which your physician may suggest you getting injected.

Professionals in Health Care Institutes use some sterile practices for the purpose of injecting insulin which have been proved as needless. Clothes are also used by the patients to inject insulin from a long time. Various safety and professed benefits have been brought forward for the purpose of injecting insulin through clothes with the help of a new study coming into existence. Nylons and denims have also been used till single layers of the fabric to inject insulin. None of the cases of redness of skin or sclerosis or other symptoms of side effects were noticed in these injecting forms. Conventional and experimental programs did not bring about any variations in glycated haemoglobin level or the leukocyte level. Blood stains on clothing and bruising were the only exceptional effects noticed during injecting through clothing phase of the study. Bruising was because of slight extra force needed to get the needle through the layer of cloth. The method of injecting through clothing came to be beneficial as it was easy to conduct and time saving. To conclude, injecting through clothing is safe and easy.

The method that you employ to introduce your needle into your skin to receive a correct dosage of insulin is depicted as your "insulin injection technique". Your doctor, or a constituent of their group, can assist you in perfecting an injection technique that will make your insulin management as triumphant as feasible.

Proper injection of insulin involves injecting at the correct depth into the skin. Often physicians recommend to get injected at the area where a high level of fat is present.

Instead, injecting insulin too deep may also be harmful as it can then enter the muscles where it gets absorbed more quickly. However, insulin in muscles may not remain in the body for a long time as injecting insulin in the muscle will also hurt. The insulin just enters the skin when it is not injected too deep. All this affects the time period for which insulin is present in the body.

To get the right deepness the majority of people will grab up a small fold of skin and place in the needle at a 90 angle to the skin fold. If you are shooting into a part that does not have a lot of fat tissue, you might want to alter the angle to 45 for comfort.

Follow your doctor's advice for taking insulin. Giving yourself insulin does not have to be hard. Contact your physician, their aide or nurse, if you are in doubt regarding your insulin treatment program. By getting at ease with giving yourself injections and keeping away from ordinary problems, taking insulin will develop into part of your habit that helps you stay on top of things regarding your diabetes

About the Author:

Julia Hanf author of the book How To Play the Diabetes Diet Game and Win Through a real life crisis Julia figured out how to live diabetes free. Visit http://www.yourdiabetescure.com and learn more about your solution for diabetes.

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