Is it good to take insulin, and what does insulin do

Song Shoujun, Department of Endocrinology, Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical College: Diabetes is caused by the relative or absolute lack of insulin secretion in the body. There are two main types of hypoglycemic drugs** for diabetes:

One is oral hypoglycemic drugs, all of which revolve around insulin, either to increase its secretion or to improve its effect, and it is insulin that really lowers blood sugar in the body. Another type of hypoglycemic drug is insulin preparations, which are an alternative or supplement to insulin in the body that is inadequate. Since the real role of lowering blood sugar in the body is insulin in the final analysis, why should we be wary of insulin?

There is nothing wrong with taking insulin, and it is a good way to use insulin in a targeted manner under the guidance of a doctor!

1. The implementation of insulin injection in diabetic patients can make blood sugar strictly controlled for a long time, so that the metabolic balance of sugar, protein, fat, water, salt and acid-base can be maintained normally, so that the patient's condition can be best controlled.

2. Insulin injection can prevent or delay the occurrence and development of acute and chronic complications of diabetes to a certain extent, so that patients can maintain a good physical and mental state, and maintain normal life and work.

3 Compared with insulin, any oral hypoglycemic drug needs to be metabolized through the liver and kidneys, and insulin is a natural substance in the body, and injecting it is neither toxic nor addictive.

4. Insulin can increase the permeability of muscle and fat cell membranes to glucose, make blood sugar easy to enter cells, promote liver cells to synthesize liver glycogen, promote sugar oxidation, promote sugar to fat, inhibit gluconeogenesis, and play a role in regulating blood sugar.

Insulin can promote the synthesis of fatty acids by the liver and transport them to fat cells for storage, and can also directly promote the synthesis of small amounts of fatty acids by fat cells, and inhibit lipolysis by inhibiting lipase activity. If insulin is insufficient, due to insufficient energy provided by sugar metabolism, resulting in a large number of fat grading, a large number of ketone bodies will be formed and ketosis will be formed, which can cause ketosis in severe cases.

Insulin can promote protein synthesis by inhibiting gluconeogenesis in the liver. Normally, insulin is necessary for the tissues of the body to synthesize proteins, and insulin can inhibit protein breakdown, and insufficient insulin can lead to hypermetabolism of proteins.

Insulin can promote the entry of potassium ions into muscle and liver cells, reduce blood potassium content, if insulin is insufficient, you can drink polyuria to increase the excretion of sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium, etc., which can cause water and electrolyte metabolism disorders.

Insulin injections are to lower blood sugar, which is a means of lowering blood sugar, mainly for patients with type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is mainly caused by pancreatic islet insufficiency, which will lead to the failure of pancreatic islet cells in the body, resulting in insufficient insulin secretion and inability to control blood sugar, so it is necessary to inject insulin to achieve the effect of lowering blood sugar.

At present, there are many types of insulin, mainly including long-acting insulin and short-acting insulin, through the injection of insulin to achieve the effect of lowering blood sugar, the blood sugar is controlled within a reasonable range, according to the individual situation and under the guidance of the doctor to choose the appropriate insulin to inject, can be enough to effectively control the disease. It is also necessary to pay close attention to the changes in blood sugar during this period, if a single insulin cannot be controlled, or if the insulin injection dose is relatively small, it may lead to blood sugar instability.

Diabetics generally need lifelong insulin** injections to lower blood sugar. At the same time, it is also necessary to control the diet reasonably, and try to avoid the intake of foods with high sugar content, such as cream cakes. Eat a light and easy-to-digest diet, but also control your total food intake every day and exercise regularly.

Insulin itself is a protein hormone secreted by its cells in our body, the pancreas, which has the effect of lowering blood sugar, so we diabetics, he is because of insulin deficiency, insufficiency, or insulin resistance, which will cause blood sugar to rise, so we are now ** diabetes, his insulin mainly includes animal insulin, human insulin, and insulin analogues, and its overall role is to control blood sugar.

Insulin is a hormone that acts as a hypoglycemic agent. If you have diabetes, you need to take insulin to lower your blood sugar and maintain your condition.

Insulin is used for diabetes, and insulin is used to relieve the symptoms and also control blood sugar.

Insulin cannot be taken orally at this time. Because after insulin is taken orally, gastric acid will be broken down by gastric acid and destroy the structure, therefore, oral insulin cannot play a role in lowering blood sugar.

The most effective way to control blood sugar is to give the patient subcutaneous insulin injections**. In addition, it is difficult to slow down the effect of insulin on blood sugar, so insulin cannot be taken orally.

Insulin should not be cryopreserved and should be avoided from too high, too low, and too vigorously shaking. The type of insulin preparation, injection technique, injection site, patient reactivity differences, and insulin antibody formation can all affect the onset time, intensity, and duration of insulin action.