Insulin Syringes Help In Controlling Type I Diabetes By: Lee MacRae

An unfortunate person with type I diabetes is going to need a daily dose of insulin. This daily dose of insulin is used to keep their blood glucose levels from going too high. The following information will highlight what type of syringe you need to use along with some guidelines on using them.

Syringes are basically barreled containers with some kind of plunger system used to pull the liquid into the barrel and then used to force it out when needed. The open end of the syringe where the liquid is forced out can be fitted with a hypodermic needle, a nozzle, or some type of tubing depending on the use for the syringe. Of course, the most common syringe used in medical scenarios is fitted with some type of hypodermic needle used to inject the liquid into a person's body.

Insulin syringes are different from standard everyday syringes and that the barrel portion is normally designed for 100 standard "units" of insulin and is therefore termed as a standard U-100 insulin syringe. In liquid terms the barrel will contain one milliliter of insulin. It is good to take note of the fact that insulin vialss are typically 10 mL each, meaning each vial has 1000 units of insulin. These insulin syringes are also designed in such a way as to allow self injections instead of having to wait for a nurse or some other medical practitioner to give you your insulin shot.

Insulin syringes are also user friendly in a number of ways. Many of them are shorter needles than you might expect as insulin injections are actually just put under the skin ( subcutaneous} rather than having to be done intramuscular. Insulin syringes are usually equipped with a finer gauge needle as well for less painful injections and they usually very well marked with the gauge showing insulin units to allow you to draw the perfect measured dose of insulin needed for each injection. One company, BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), manufactures an insulin syringe with an ultra fine needle that is 37% shorter than a 12.7mm needle but you need to exercise extreme caution and should consult your doctor and carefully monitor your blood glucose when changing to a shorter needle. You want to make sure you can get the exact amount of insulin that you need injected properly.

Keep your Type 1 diabetes under control with the necessary daily dose of Insulin.

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