Type one diabetes Information on the insulin pump?
I’m writing a story about a teen with diabetes. He carries an insulin pump. Now I know a lot about diabetes itself like the fact the body cannot produce insulin and When you get a hypo you feel tired dizzy and moody and to get yourself on track you eat something thats high on carbs without covering it with insulin, but I don’t know all the parts of the pump. I also need to know… Do you still prick your fingers if you have a pump, and why and how many times a day?
Good grief, another wanna be writer with no research skills. Yes, glucose levels must still be monitored even on a pump.
my younger brother is on an insulin pump for his diabetes, he has to check his glucose levels before each meal and if they are low give himself a correction (a bolus or top up of insulin), he then has to type in the amount of carbs (i think?) he has consumed after he has eaten and then the pump sends the required amount of insulin into his body at a set rate. he also checks his glucose levels if his behaviour changes ie he feels agitated, as this can sometimes be a result of incorrect levels inwhich case he would either give himself a correction or eat something to pick his levels up.
hope this helps
Yes you still have to prick your finger to see what your blood sugar levels are. The monitor does not tell you if your levels are low or high, it just stores and administers the insulin your body needs. With out checking your levels [pricking your finger] you would not know if you needed to induce more insulin.
People check their levels [pricking the finger] various times a day–before and after they eat or when their body feels “funny”….
Ya, people having diabetes do it many times a day just to check their level of sugar.