Rules of insulin injections

Before injecting insulin, it is necessary to follow the mentioned rules:

 

1. It is necessary to make sure that the skin is clean and only in that case apply the medicine.

2. Injections should be done only with clean hands.

3. The injection site should be changed regularly to avoid lipodystrophies, inflammation, swelling or signs of infection in the future.

4. Patients should not inject with their clothing on as they will not be able to see the injection site and may not be able to form a proper skin fold for the syringe.

 

Among the options of insulin injection are:

1. Insumed insulin syringes.

2. Syringe pens with insulin cartridges.

3. Insupen insulin pen-syringe needles.

4. Insulin injection pens used to inject both insulin medications and GLP-1 receptor agonists.

5. Insulin pumps.

 

The most comfortable and safe areas for frequent insulin injections are:

 

Abdomen (excluding the navel, as well as around the midline of the abdomen) - the fastest absorption of insulin is carried out from this area

The outer surface of the shoulder - rapid absorption of insulin is carried out from this area

Buttocks (upper part) - slow absorption of insulin

Anterior surface of the thigh - insulin absorption is very slow.

 

Since the absorption of insulin depends on the part of the body where it is injected, it is necessary to follow the doctor's advice.

 

Advice on insulin injection.

 

Before injecting, it is necessary to remove excess air from the syringe and to ensure that the medication is continuously discharged from the needle.

The amount of drug loss during testing is minimal.

Immediately after the injection, the needle should be removed from the insulin pen syringe.

 

Needles and syringes for insulin pen syringes are disposable