Insulin Injection for Diabetes Is Done Before Meal, What If The Patient Forgotten?

Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Set eating patterns to be one of the keys to handling diabetes right, but some patients often forget how to eat well for therapy insulin given precisely.

Responding to this, the Chairman of the Indonesian Endocrinology Association (PB PERKENI) Prof. Dr. dr. Ketut Suastika, SpPD-KEMD, explained that insulin should be given before meals.

“Because insulin works, if we inject it before eating, followed by eating, the blood sugar will match the insulin work,” said Ketut in an online seminar on Novo Nordisk, Thursday (25/2/2021).

“If we inject after eating, we can hmm“But some blood sugar has gone up first, then the insulin will work,” he added.

In order not to forget, he recommended for patients diabetes to prepare rice at the dining table then inject, after that you can immediately eat. Today’s insulin can usually be injected and then eaten immediately without waiting.

“In the past, after injections insulin may have to wait half an hour to eat. Now, just after insulin, you can eat right away so you don’t forget. “

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