Posts Tagged ‘injections’

I’m studying for my cellular biology exam, and my textbook says Type II diabetes develops when cell-surface receptors stop functioning normally and thus can’t receive the message being sent by insulin to import glucose from the bloodstream. So why is diabetes treated with insulin injections if the problem isn’t insulin production but rather the cell’s inability to recognize insulin? I feel like there shouldn’t be any effect if the cell isn’t recognizing insulin in the first place.

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I am an Insulin dependent Diabetic. When I give my self injections, quite often the injection site would bleed out a portion of the formula. Does this mean I did not get my full dose? Do you know any tricks to keep it from doing this? If it does this should I take another shot?
Thank you somuch for your responses. I will try them.

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Insulin injections may soon be a thing of the past for diabetics thanks to nano-technology. At UCSF Professor of bioengineering, Tejal Desai, implants millions of pancreatic cells that secrete insulin into tiny capsules that can be implanted into the body in an effort to create an artificial pancreas. When blood sugar flows inside the capsule, it stimulates the cells to produce insulin to control sugar levels. The device has nano pores, pores so small that the body’s antibodies cannot get in to attack the cells, but large enough that the insulin can flow out and into the body.

I have a relative who began taking insulin for diabetes just 4 months ago. He is also taking medication (Metformin). Before his blood sugar level was over 400 . The insulin brought it back down to around 100 -200. Now 4 months later, it’s back up to 400 .

Can someone become immune to insulin in just 4 months? Doctor has been increasing the dosage, but there’s no change.