Insulin Basics | ADA - American Diabetes Association
Learn about the different types of insulin, their characteristics, and strengths. Find the right insulin for your needs and manage your diabetes effectively.
Patient education: Type 2 diabetes: Insulin treatment ... - UpToDate
2023年2月20日 · Learning to manage diabetes is a process that continues over a lifetime. This topic review discusses the role of insulin treatment in controlling blood sugar for people with type 2 diabetes. Separate topic reviews about other aspects of type 2 diabetes are also available.
Patient Education Handouts on Using Insulin - Association of …
2012年12月3日 · The handouts are available in both English and Spanish and two literacy levels: low literacy and very low literacy. The handouts are free to download and distribute and cover such common topics as insulin syringes and pens, how to inject insulin, needle safety, measuring blood sugar, travel and exercise tips, and more.
This handout explains what insulin is, the different types, how to store it, how to give an injection with an insulin syringe, and other important information. What is insulin? Insulin is a hormone that the pancreas makes. It helps your body use the glucose (sugar) in the food you eat.
Diabetes treatment: Using insulin to manage blood sugar
2023年8月4日 · Insulin therapy keeps your blood sugar within your target range. It helps prevent serious complications. If you have type 1 diabetes, you need insulin therapy to stay healthy. It replaces the insulin your body doesn't make.
Types of Insulin - Diabetes Education Online
There are three main groups of insulins: Fast-acting, Intermediate-acting and Long-acting insulin. Fast-acting insulin: Is absorbed quickly from your fat tissue (subcutaneous) into the bloodstream. Includes:
Insulin Basics - Diabetes Education Online
Diabetics need insulin therapy because they can't make their own. Insulin therapy tries to mimic natural insulin secretion — what happens automatically in non-diabetics. The ultimate goal of insulin therapy is to mimic normal insulin levels. Unfortunately, current insulin replacement therapy can only approximate normal insulin levels.
Diabetes Educational Tool - University of California, San Diego
Understanding how insulin affects blood glucose levels is important to diabetes management. Our goal is to show, through a series of interactive graphs, that learning when and how much insulin to dose for meals can lead to better control of blood glucose levels.
Insulin | FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
People with type 2 diabetes do not make enough insulin or do not use it well enough. Some people with type 2 diabetes can use pills or other medicines that are injected into the body.
Patient education: Type 1 diabetes: Insulin treatment ... - UpToDate
2024年5月8日 · Fully automated insulin pump system or bihormonal insulin pump – The fully automated insulin pump systems deliver insulin based on CGM readings and do not require the person with diabetes to deliver mealtime insulin boluses or insulin boluses to correct for high blood sugar readings. An investigational bihormonal system uses two commercially ...
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