The importance of keeping blood sugar levels within a safe range, is so extremely important as diabetic people know. Having a level blood sugar can not only help you feel great, it helps prevent long-term complications, such as kidney failure, heart disease, as well as blindness. Many people with type one diabetes need insulin injections to keep their glucose levels stable.
The medical definition of diabetes is:
-Inadequate production of insulin
or
-Inadequate sensitivity of cells to the action of insulin
Insulin is a hormone created by the pancreas and allows your body to use sugar such as glucose from carbohydrates in the food you eat for energy or to store glucose for future uses. When needed, it is the released to stabilize your glucose levels.
Insulin can be taken by injection only and it is taken when your blood sugar is too high. A stable blood sugar is between 3.6 and 6.3. Anything higher, or lower can be dangerous to your health. So as an injection, you are also able to have what is called an insulin pump; Which stabilizes your blood glucose levels when needed by providing an automatic release of insulin into your system.
Upon an interview with individuals with diabetes, we learned a lot about the everyday use of an insulin pump, as well as some of the pros and cons. An insulin pump is a sort of machine that after testing your blood and inputting your blood-glucose levels, it automatically injects a proper amount of insulin into a fatty part of your body. While not having to manually inject insulin when you need it, one con can be that it takes minimum three months to be able to obtain one and take care of it on your own. When you do have a pump, there is also a digital calculator of sorts that will tell you your options if you are exercising, eating, or going to bed. Insulin pumps also may vary on the brand you receive, but over all, they are a great alternative to the manual injections.
(Amy Hess-Fischl MS, 2017)
(Okpala, 2017)
(MedicineNet, 2017)
(Grazia Aleppo MD, 2017)
The medical definition of diabetes is:
-Inadequate production of insulin
or
-Inadequate sensitivity of cells to the action of insulin
Insulin is a hormone created by the pancreas and allows your body to use sugar such as glucose from carbohydrates in the food you eat for energy or to store glucose for future uses. When needed, it is the released to stabilize your glucose levels.
Insulin can be taken by injection only and it is taken when your blood sugar is too high. A stable blood sugar is between 3.6 and 6.3. Anything higher, or lower can be dangerous to your health. So as an injection, you are also able to have what is called an insulin pump; Which stabilizes your blood glucose levels when needed by providing an automatic release of insulin into your system.
Upon an interview with individuals with diabetes, we learned a lot about the everyday use of an insulin pump, as well as some of the pros and cons. An insulin pump is a sort of machine that after testing your blood and inputting your blood-glucose levels, it automatically injects a proper amount of insulin into a fatty part of your body. While not having to manually inject insulin when you need it, one con can be that it takes minimum three months to be able to obtain one and take care of it on your own. When you do have a pump, there is also a digital calculator of sorts that will tell you your options if you are exercising, eating, or going to bed. Insulin pumps also may vary on the brand you receive, but over all, they are a great alternative to the manual injections.
(Amy Hess-Fischl MS, 2017)
(Okpala, 2017)
(MedicineNet, 2017)
(Grazia Aleppo MD, 2017)
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