Diabetes Insulin Treatment Side Effects

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Diabetes insulin treatment side effects.

Hypokalemia low blood potassium may occur because insulin stimulates movement of potassium from blood into cells. Hypoglycemia may occur and is the most common side effect of insulin treatment. Its effect in type 2 diabetic patients who are intensively treated with insulin has not been studied. Low blood sugar weight gain when you first start using it lumps or scars where you ve had too many insulin injections rash at the site of.

The side effects that a person might experience depend on the type of insulin they are taking. Lipohypertrophy is a common side effect of long term insulin injections or insulin pump infusion sites. Some diabetes medication unfortunately includes common side effects such as nausea or an upset stomach. Lipohypertrophy is essentially a swollen lump of fatty tissue at the site of frequent injections.

Inhaled insulin begins working within 12 to 15 minutes peaks by 30 minutes and is out of your system in 180 minutes. Objective to investigate the metabolic effects of metformin as compared with placebo in type 2 diabetic patients intensively treated with insulin. Your doctor will be able to advise you about specific side effects and the best ways possible to avoid them. This means that glucagon leads to an increase in blood sugar through the production of new sugar and the breakdown of glycogen.

10 unexpected side effects and complications of diabetes according to doctors high blood sugar can wreak havoc on your heart brain and yep even your sex life. Initial weight gain as the cells start to take in glucose blood sugar. The major side effects of taking insulin include. Severe life threatening allergic reactions including anaphylaxis may occur.

Afrezza must be used in combination with injectable long acting insulin in patients with type 1 diabetes and in type 2 patients who use long acting insulin. You ll need to inject insulin using a needle and syringe or a pen injector. Research design and methods metformin improves glycemic control in poorly controlled type 2 diabetic patients. Common side effects include.

Insulin can actually cause the size of fat cells near frequent injection sites to increase. The most common side effect is low blood sugar.