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The disadvantages:

- It may be more expensive than injections.
- It could cause you gain weight.
- If the catheter (the tube) is out and you do not realize, perhaps the lack of insulin per hour will cause diabetic ketoacidosis (ketones accumulate in the body because your body uses fat instead of insulin, which causes harmful waste .)
- Requires an adjustment period: you have to get used to having a device attached to your body all the time.
- Takes practice and training to use it properly (usually what you provide your doctor, clinic or hospital where you go for your treatment) Read the rest of this entry »

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The insulin pump or continuous infusion pump, insulin is an alternative to insulin injections. If you have type 1 diabetes, you may have found this to be a good choice for the control of blood glucose (sugar) levels and diabetes in general. Some people with type 2 diabetes are also beginning to use this device to the insulin. Here we tell you more about the advantages and disadvantages of insulin pump use when you have diabetes.

Diabetes is a condition that comes with many changes in the routine of daily life. One is the application of insulin, especially in the case of people with type 1 diabetes. As you remember, people with this type of diabetes, no insulin or produced in such small quantities that it is necessary to fill the gap by injection. Maybe you do not like having to prick and feel that this is one of the worst parts of your treatment to control the disease. Read the rest of this entry »

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These are the initial symptoms, but other more severe:

– muscle weakness
– Slurred speech
– blurred vision
– confusion
– sleepiness
– seizures
– Unconsciousness

There are also symptoms of hypoglycemia diabetes that may occur during the night:

– excessive sweating
– nightmares
– Irritability, tiredness and confusion upon waking. Read the rest of this entry »

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Low levels of blood sugar, called hypoglycemia, affecting people with diabetes. When this “downturn” is not treated in time can have serious consequences for your health. How can you recognize when your sugar is low and what to do to stabilize it? In life and health we tell you what you can do.

The diagnosis of diabetes is usually associated with elevated blood sugar. But the truth is that people with diabetes the glucose or sugar they may fluctuate very low end as well. This is known as “diabetic hypoglycemia or hypoglycemia” and occurs when too much insulin in your blood and not much sugar or glucose.

What causes the lowering of glucose levels in the blood? It may be that you have exceeded the dose of insulin or medication, you have not eaten enough, you’ve been exercising without having eaten, you have taken alcohol or, for some reason, you’ve skipped a meal. Read the rest of this entry »

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The key when a child has type 1 diabetes, is learning to control the disease to avoid complications and to have a long and happy life. How? With your help and support of the medical team in charge. Your child must understand that the important thing is to try to maintain levels of blood glucose within a healthy range. Depending on your age, your doctor and you have to explain what the role of insulin, and what happens in the body after each meal.

You can say something like: the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood rises as the body digests food that they go through the stomach and intestine into the blood to be absorbed and can be used to give us energy we need. When raised, the body needs insulin to this glucose into cells, the need for energy and thus the level of blood sugar to normal. But as the body of a person with type 1 diabetes produce no insulin, you need to inject in the quantities that you indicate your physician.

In a person with type 1 diabetes, your pancreas does not work well. The pancreas is an organ located below the stomach and is responsible for producing insulin, hence it must be injected, because you can take. Stomach acid destroys insulin. Read the rest of this entry »

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Being diagnosed with diabetes always causes an emotional impact. But one way or another, as an adult, one is set to change, however much they cost. However, the story is different when a child under 11 years receiving the news that you have type 1 diabetes. I may not understand well what is diabetes and their parents and doctors who sometimes bear all responsibility to care and teach you how to manage their disease. Here I’ll tell you more about type 1 diabetes in children.

During childhood is usually a busy playing, learning and enjoying. The world’s a playground and joyful discovery. However, it is not always rosy. Everything can change in the children when you have type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes.

While the news that he has type 1 diabetes in children is not the end of the world, it does mean a major change in daily routine: from now on your child must learn to eat better, to incorporate to exercise in their daily life and also will have to get up close to a friend: insulin. Read the rest of this entry »

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When glucose (sugar) in your blood drops to exaggerated levels, is dangerous because you can suffer convulsions and lose consciousness (pass out). So if you notice these symptoms, you should act immediately. What can you do if you think you are suffering from an overdose of insulin?

First, you must check your blood sugar. If confirm that is below 70 mg/dl, do the following:

– Eat something with carbohydrate. Take half cup of unsweetened fruit juice or half a glass of regular soda. Eating a candy can also help.
– Rests. Read the rest of this entry »

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If you have diabetes, you know that insulin plays a vital role to control your condition. For insulin to the desired effect, you must manage it in the correct dose. However, the calculation can sometimes fail or it may be that other factors such as not eating or exercise influences the absorption and the result is an overdose of insulin. Find out what it is, what are the symptoms and what to do if you overdose on insulin.

Marcelo has type 1 diabetes and always have to inject insulin. Luisa, have type 2 diabetes and need insulin injections because oral medications (taken) not worked to control sugar levels in the blood. You see, whether you have diabetes type 1 (when the body produces no insulin) and in some cases of type 2 (when the body does not produce enough or have resistance to it – does not adequately respond to it), insulin is key.

So, think you can overdose on insulin may sound like something that should not have to happen if you know exactly the dose that you administer your and you’re monitored closely by your doctor. However, it could happen in the following cases: Read the rest of this entry »

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