What You Need to Know About Insulin
Insulin. It is a hormone essential for life. The diabetic child has to administer insulin, he may not be valid alternative treatment. In Spain today, using human insulin.
Types of Insulin:
1. Fast-acting insulin that begins to take effect within 15 minutes after injection, acting with greater intensity between 30 and 70 minutes.
2. Fast-acting insulin that begins to take effect within 30 minutes of being injected, acting with the greatest intensity between 1 and 3 hours after injection.
3. Intermediate-acting insulins (NPH) or slowly. starting to take effect at 60 minutes after injection, acting with the greatest intensity between 3 and 6 hours after injection.
Dosages
The amounts of insulin that daily becomes the child must adapt to their needs for best possible control. Adjustments in the dose-dependent capillary glycemia, performed daily by the child or family member.
The most common patterns of administration of insulin are several:
* One dose: rarely used in this type of diabetes.
* Two doses: putting a mixture of rapid and intermediate insulin before breakfast and before snack or dinner.
* Three or more doses.
As you can see there are several possibilities as to the patterns and the need to individualize treatment for each child to achieve the best possible control of diabetes and at the same time, the better acceptance by the child.
Insulin needs will vary with the child’s age and evolving under their disease, this requires periodic checks.
It is possible that your student will be completed in glycemic control, and even insulin during school hours, the College and its teachers must facilitate the exercise of these activities.
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