What are your misunderstandings about diabetic insulin?

 People with diabetes must be no strangers to the "old friend" of insulin. However, we don't all know our friends very well, and insulin has been misunderstood by many people. Insulin needs to be injected, which sounds not only troublesome but also dangerous? it's not true!

　　 These common misunderstandings of insulin, have you also been "shot"?

　　 Need to take insulin, indicating that diabetes has reached a very serious degree?

　　Insulin is only one of the methods of diabetes treatment. According to the severity of diabetes, the level of blood sugar, the number of complications, etc., a variety of factors can be considered before deciding which treatment plan should be used. Insulin is often helpful for patients with damage to pancreatic islet function. In addition, patients with high blood sugar, severe illness, and more complications should be treated with insulin rationally.

    Once insulin is used, it can't be done without?

　　 Although diabetes theoretically requires life-long control, insulin does not necessarily have to be “used for life”.

　　Insulin can be flexibly adjusted according to the diabetic's own condition and various factors, and the types of insulin are also relatively diverse, so choose the best plan according to your own living habits and physical condition. And when the blood sugar control is stable and there are no other related serious diseases, insulin may not be used.

　　Some people think that insulin will inhibit the function of our body’s own islet cells, resulting in loss of insulin in the future and unable to work normally. This is not the case. On the contrary, most people with diabetes are caused by damage to the islet cells that secrete insulin. If insulin is not used for treatment, the "workload" of the islet cells is too large, and the damage may accelerate.

　　Insulin is a "good helper" for reducing blood sugar and controlling sugar in diabetes. Don't demonize insulin. As long as you use it rationally, insulin can benefit diabetics.

　　 Controlling sugar has been so difficult, don’t get stuck in a misunderstanding, which hinders the correct treatment!