http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/uspdi/500253.html
and did find some info on skin changes ..
"Less common or rare
Depression of the skin at place of injection; thickening of the skin at place of injection; ..." This doesn't mention cellulite directly, but it sounds similar.
The site also has a clear caution to discuss these or any other changes with your doc.
One way to find out what is causing the lows is to change the timing of your long acting insulin injection. If you are injecting NPH before bed, you can expect it to cause a low at about 3am. Try having this injection in the morning instead. If the night time lows stop, you have solved the problem. If they don't stop, it could be because of the combined effect of exercise and the dinner time short-acting shot.
Another question from me:P, i have been reading around latley, and have found many differnt types of insulin,and insulin pumpsm etc. all with there pro's,and cons. If possible, could someone please explain to me the differnt types of insulin, and ways of managing diabeties, and the pros and cons of them.
Examples are insulin zinc suspension, protamine zinc insulin, and the insulin analogues insulin glargine and insulin detemir. The latter two insulins are now the most widely used long-acting insulins.
* Biphasic insulins: mixtures of short-acting and intermediate-acting insulins in different proportions, such as 30/70, 50/50. Examples are NovoMix 30, Humulin M3, Insuman comb and Humalog Mix25.
Insulinotherapy was initiated with glargine, ten units at bedtime (glycemic value before aministration was 169) after reiceiving 6 units of aspart imediately (7 pm). Next day a fasting value of 140 mg/dl. Bedtime value (2 hours postprandial ) 269. After 10 U glargine, fasting value 120 mg/dl. Glycemic variation are very important and depend on the thyroid status.
What is your opnion? Is this a temporary glycemic instability, type 2 or type 1 diabetes?
if you get a bump after an insulin injection it means that you chose a poor injection site. Insulin absorbs into subcutaneous fat. So wherever you shot and a bump comes up, that means there was not enough fat in that spot to absorb the insulin you just shot.
try picking a more fatty area and shooting very slowly.
LANTUS is not intended for intravenous administration. The prolonged duration of activity of insulin glargine is dependent on injection into subcutaneous tissue. Intravenous administration of the usual subcutaneous dose could result in severe hypoglycemia."
This is because the effect described below, of forming microprecipitates below the skin, cannot happen in the blood stream. All the insulin in the blood is available immediately to the body.
advise him to have insulin injection .10ml actrapid 3x before meal and .10ml lantus before bedtime. But now we have observe that his blood glucose drop down, so we reduced insulin into 0.5ml, and still his blood glucose drop into 118-140, now we are confused if he still needed the insulin or we have to totally stop it. Hope anyone can give us advised.
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I was told by my diabetes health staff that the way to verify that the insulin has injected properly is to look for a small drop of insulin on the tip of the needle after injecting. Now that I've done some research online, I see that many people recommend injecting a few units into the air first to make sure all is working fine before actually performing the real injection on myself. So, I'll definitely begin doing that as it seems like the best solution.
I have given myself the B-12 injection, I used a very small syringe,but, it was not an insulin syringe. An insulin syringe makes it pretty difficult to get the solution out, a slightly larger one is better.
As to where to inject, the top of the thigh is best. There are some videos on You tube that actually show you how to give the injection, also, the doctors nurse should be able to help.
My physician put me on Bydurean last March. It is a once a week injection that I take along with my daily Metformin and nightly Lantus injection. It has worked really well over the past year. Has anyone else used it? Others I have spoken with have never heard of it. And on top of that, I spoke with a customer service rep at Brystol-Myers who said it was not intended to be used with insulin.
I am not a doctor, and my experience is of course due to living with this disease for many years and also from communicating with so many folks who write in through our Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation web site. If your son's condition is not as severe as the hives-like condition written about in the web site I gave you, then I would simply watch the area closely in case anything like what was written about DOES occur.
taking diamicron MR in the morning and lunch and have insulin injection in evening .The reason she has to have insulin injection is that all other drugs upset her stomuch ( except diamicron MR ) .Doctor has prescribed her with Amaryl ,Glucophage ,Glucobay ,but they upset her stomuch .Although she take it after meal but she still have stomuch pain .So I want to ask what diabet drugs that don’t upset stomuch (because she hate to take insulin injection ).
Here's a puzzling one. I was recently on a flight from the UK to Mauritius (12 hour flight). After eating a usual sized meal, and having injected my usual Novo Rapid dose pre-meal, I watched a movie and then at 11pm time of origin injected levemir as I would usually do before bed. As I injected, however, there was a very unusual reaction on the skin (in a usual injection site). The site turned very red and then spread to a short area around the injection site.
Type 1s always need 2 types of insulin -- one to cover the baseline needs. Lantus is an example of an insulin that covers baseline, sometimes called "basal" insulin. We also need insulin to cover the carbohydrates we eat at meals & snacks. Type IIs sometimes use a combination of insulin and oral meds; some Type IIs use just insulin; others use just oral meds; still others can gain control with diet & exercise.
Now he is reacting to the nickel in the stainless steel of his insulin needles, and is developing hives at his injection sites. I have contacted several syringe manufacturers but have not been able to find any that make a nickel-free needle. In fact, some needles are actually nickel-coated.
An insulin pump is not an option for us. Our insurance will not pay for it, plus Sean takes karate 5x/week (not good to get kicked in an insulin pump, right?
Her mother, my grandmother is also diabetic and gets daily injection for insulin. she has lived with this injection for many years as she was diagnised before my mother and hers was recommended injection. there is also an aunt and uncle who have mild diabetes which is on and off, so i hear.
my understanding of diabetes is that type one is the injectable and 2 is the tablet treatment. i thought type one is more risky but mum had a hard time when she developed arthritis which pained her so much.
What do I do if I can't remember if I gave myself my morning injection? Injection is 40 units.
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Her insulin brand was changed from Novomix (mix of 30% insulin aspart and 70% protamine crystallised 