Insulin injections

For people with diabetes, if they want to save their lives, they have to inject a drug called insulin. Although this drug has the effect of saving lives for diabetic patients, if they rely on insulin to control blood sugar all the time, it will have certain side effects on the human body. Moreover, long-term injection of insulin can easily lead to dependence.

Insulin injection is the most common method of controlling blood sugar in diabetic patients today, and the effectiveness of this method is indeed trustworthy. However, the side effects of insulin on the human body still cause many diabetic patients to suffer a lot. Specific side effects of insulin injections include:

Pain: The pain of insulin injection is very mild! Since insulin needles are much smaller than other injection needles, under normal circumstances, the pain is much milder than other drug injections or vaccinations. If the pain is particularly obvious, it may be caused by the needle hitting the subcutaneous nerve when inserted.

Hypoglycemia: It is very common for diabetic patients treated with insulin to experience hypoglycemia, especially before meals and at night. However, hypoglycemia caused by insulin treatment in patients with type 2 diabetes is often mild and less harmful. Most cases can be prevented or avoided by having snacks between meals or before bedtime.

Fat pad: The formation of fat pad is due to long-term injection in the same area, which stimulates the proliferation of subcutaneous fat. The presence of this fat pad will affect local insulin absorption.

Weight gain: After many type 2 diabetes patients have used insulin continuously for a period of time, as their blood sugar is controlled, they find that their weight often increases.

Local bruising: Some patients find that bruises appear on the local skin at the injection site after injecting insulin. In fact, this phenomenon not only occurs after insulin injection, but may also occur after injection of other drugs. It turns out that local bruising after injection is not caused by drugs or insulin, but is related to capillary damage caused by the injection.

The above are all side effects caused by long-term insulin injection. Therefore, for early-stage diabetic patients, if they want to control blood sugar, the best way is to start with diet and life details. It is not recommended that you inject insulin to control blood sugar unless you reach a certain level. I hope you can understand this.