Diabetes Treatment with Insulin
Most patients achieve good control with diet alone or supplemented with oral antidiabetics. A third of insulin needed for complete compensation.
Rapid Action:
It has crystalline appearance, starts working after half an hour of injection and its effect lasts 6-8 hours.
It is not necessary to shake the vial before use.
Delayed-Action:
Its effect is less rapid but more sustained, is achieved by the addition of substances that give their retardant cloudy Intermediate action may be, acts at 2 hours after injection and its effect lasts 12 to 24 hours.
The long-acting start acting 2-3 hours and its action comes after 24 – 36 hours.
It is necessary to shake the vial gently rotating the palms, to homogenize the product.
The technique of insulin injection:
The injection should be carried out completely after loading the jeringilla. Should be flushed before the skin with an alcohol swab. With the index finger and thumb of the left hand pinch the skin and subcutaneous tissue, forming a crease where the needle is inserted perpendicular or oblique slightly by region. The injection is subcutaneous fat in there underneath the skin.
Before injection we must ensure we did not punctured a blood vessel, which is checked by gently pulling the plunger and check that no blood appears in the jeringilla.
The insulin injecting each time in a different place, this prevents hardening and bulges.
The injection sites are the anterior part of the thighs, on the outside of the arms, buttocks and the front of the abdomen.
Nurses should teach correct technique and expliacarle that she should be normal and lose their fears and concerns.
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