Insulin Injections: A Case Study

People who have diabetes know the purpose of an insulin pump. But people that don't have diabetes don't even know what an insulin pump is or what it is made out of. An insulin pumps job is to deliver insulin for people that have diabetes. It can be worn as a belt or put into a pocket. The pump is connected to a tube that is put under the skin and taped. People that have insulin pumps or use it, use it so it can deliver insulin throughout the day and take out extra doses of insulin to handle increases in blood sugar. (example: After eating) ( Nemours)

Insulin heroes was an idea that was conceived in my freshman biomedical sciences class, and was later developed during my junior year in HOSA as part of my group’s medical innovation project. Insulin Heroes was basically lotion that contained insulin. It could be used for Type 1 diabetics who didn’t like needles and would be used instead of an insulin shot.

This is 36 year old WM. Patient has a history of insulin dependent DM, currently taking humulin 70/30 43 units in am and 40 units in PM. Patient is here requesting some paper work filled out for his driver's license also. Patient reports he is taking insulin as prescribed. Denies chest pain, SOB, N/V/ d, or fever, denies any pain 0/10. Patient denies any depressive moods.

Mr. NX is a 35-year-old-male with complaint of back pain and not feeling well. He reports he has chronic back pain that is a constant tight, dull ache in which he has experienced over the past 10 years, without loss of function. He has a prior history of Type II diabetes, hypertension, and recurring deep vein thrombosis in which he routinely takes Glyburide, Lisinopril, and Coumadin for these disorders. Mr. NX reports he started a workout program three weeks prior in which he started two complementary alternative medications (CAMs) of Creatine and Coenzyme Q10. Other CAMs he reports taking is Kava Kava for anxiety and Garlic for his hypertension.

The patient is a 70-year-old gentleman who presented to the ED with the complaint of numbness, noticeable changes mental status and is also noted glucose of 43. His medical history is significant for long-standing history of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, chronic alcoholism, chronic pancreatitis, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, he is on no coagulation because of a history frequent falls, coronary artery disease, past history of a CVA, as well as COPD. Review of the chart and discussion with the patient reveals that he attends a daycare center five days a week. He lives alone, his sister and his niece do his food shopping for him. He prepares his own meals and he gives himself his insulin on the weekend otherwise it’s given to him

Insulin is a hormone made naturally in the body by the pancreas. This hormone controls the level of sugar in the blood. People who have type 1 diabetes need to have regular insulin injections. In type 1 diabetes, the body stops making insulin and the blood glucose level goes very high. Some people who have type 2 diabetes may also need to have insulin injections to help control blood sugar

Insulin is a hormone that is produced in the pancreas to regulate the amount of glucose in the blood. The pancreas of an individual suffering from diabetes either does not produce insulin or only produces very little insulin. Before 1922 diabetes was a feared disease with no cure.

As your blood sugar level drops, so does the secretion of insulin from your pancreas.

It is necessary to consider changing from an oral diabetes medication to insulin injections after

Insulin has been used for diabetes since 1922. “Leonard Thompson, a 14-year-old boy dying from diabetes in a Toronto hospital, became the first person to receive an injection of insulin” (“The History of a Wonderful Thing We Call Insulin” 1). Without insulin, thousands of people with diabetes would die. Insulin is available for people who need it because it was initially tested on animals. Oskar Minkowski and Joseph von Mering removed a pancreas gland from a dog in 1889, and it ended up dying later (“The History of a Wonderful Thing We Call Insulin” 1). Animals like dogs, have hormones in their blood so the experiment worked on them. It wasn’t safe for humans yet (Parry 1). Although putting an animal’s life at risk for medical research might

Insulin also stimulates glucose transport and the synthesis of triglycerides. Insulin helps prevent lipolysis which is the catabolic breakdown of triglycerides. Insulin also increases the uptake of fatty acids coming from circulating lipoproteins by stimulating lipoprotein lipase activity in fat tissue. Insulin resistance in obesity is shown by decreased insulin-stimulated glucose transport and metabolism in adipocytes by impaired suppression of hepatic glucose output. (Kahn, B., 2000) These defects may result from decreased insulin signaling and downregulation of GLUT4 which is the major glucose transporter that responds to insulin. In obesity, there is increased expression of several protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs), that dephosphorylate

Thus, an insulin pump can be very beneficial for several reasons. It can deliver insulin more precisely than injections, decrease swings in glucose levels, allow flexibility in the time and content of food consumption, reduce hypoglycemic episodes, and allow exercise without having to consume large amounts of carbohydrates (ADA, 2013).

Insulin treatment is always required for type 1 diabetes. Insulin is the alternative way to replace the function of pancreatic beta cell. Usually type 1 diabetes needed insulin all the time especially at meal time. When the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, then the type 2 diabetes will need insulin treatment. Insulin is also needed for gestational diabetes or diabetes during pregnancy to help for the well-being of the developing fetus. There are many types of insulin:

Type 1 Diabetic: I was diagnosed in 2011 and I used injections up until 2014 and I have been using the insulin pump since 2014. I find the insulin pump a whole lot better and easier to use and it keeps my blood sugars under

The most common method of injecting insulin is by using a syringe, but other ways in which to administer injections are with insulin pens or an insulin pump. From all of the information I have gathered on insulin, it seems to be a very time sensitive form of medication for diabetes. Unsurprisingly, insulin injections are also a necessary treatment for those with type one diabetes.