What does insulin do to your blood sugar?
• Insulin lowers your blood sugar level. It does this by allowing sugar in the blood to enter body cells.
• Insulin therapy is not addictive and habit-forming.
• It is very wrong for the doctor and the patient to force themselves to delay insulin treatment.
• Insulin administration as early as possible and in sufficient doses prevents or slows down the damage that will occur.
INSULIN ADMINISTRATION
• Hands should be washed with soap and water before each injection.
• Remove the protective cap on the vial.
• The rubber stopper under the protective cap is cleaned with alcohol.
• The protector of the insulin injector is removed.
• Air is supplied to the vial as much as the amount of insulin to be drawn into the syringe. The required amount of insulin is drawn into the syringe.
• After the insulin is drawn into the syringe, the air bubbles remaining in the syringe are removed.
Injecting Insulin Administration
1. Wash your hands.
2. Roll the insulin vial between your hands
3. Wipe the vial cap with an alcohol pad
4. Draw air into the syringe as much as the amount of insulin to be administered.
5. Insert the syringe into the vial and expel the air into the vial.
6. Turn the vial without removing the needle.
7. Draw the appropriate dose of insulin into the syringe.
8. Check for air in the injector. If there is air, completely empty the insulin in the syringe and withdraw the appropriate dose again.
9. Remove the needle from the vial and carefully cap the cap.
Insulin Storage Conditions
• All insulins should be stored at 2-8°C in the refrigerator (ovary, butter section).
• Insulins should never be placed in the freezer section of the refrigerator.
• It should be protected from direct sunlight.
• Short-acting insulins should not be used unless they are clear and colorless.
If your blood sugar drops suddenly…
• Nervousness
• Shaking
• Fatigue
• Sweating
• Hunger
• Headache
•Blurred vision
•Fluttering feeling
•Distractions are symptoms of low blood sugar (hypoglycemia).
•If you think your blood sugar is low but you can’t measure it, eat something containing sugar.
•If 15 min. If you don’t feel better, eat the same amount of sugary food again.
•If you still feel unwell, contact the emergency room.
If your blood sugar gets too high…
•More thirsty than usual
•More hungry than usual
•Frequent urination
•At nighttime urination
Dry skin and itching
Weakness, tiredness
Blurred vision
Infection
Slow healing of wounds are signs of high blood sugar (hyperglycemia)
Compliance with your daily diabetes treatment blood sugar It’s the best way to prevent escalation.
–Strictly follow your diet
-Use your diabetes medications on time and correctly
-Do your regular physical exercises
-Measure your blood sugar every day
