Obesity and bad eating habits can influence for a person to develop type II diabetes.However, in the case of the so -called I, which is more frequently diagnosed in children and adolescents, it cannot be avoided.In it the pancreas simply ceases to produce insulin and must be replaced by an artificial hormone that is applied to the rest of life.
According to the nutritionist Jaqueline Alcántara Pérez, educator in said condition, the fact of receiving the diagnosis at an early age implies that the affected person does not understand or accept his illness and assume that he can eventually abandon the treatment.
“In consultation we realize that, mainly, young women living with type I diabetes do not apply insulin injections well, because they do not want other people to see them and decide for themselves to leave it.The fact represents a serious danger to your health, ”warns the mentor.
He affirms that most adolescents who stop injecting insulin do so for vanity, because some are afraid that the needle leaves them a visible bruise and others do not like that society sees them as diabetic patients.
“Excuses not to apply hormone can be easily solved.For example, most believe it should do so in the same place;The most recurring sites are legs and arms, but can also be injected into thighs, buttocks and several parts of the abdomen.Ideally, they do it in a different place every time insulin is administered.The technique to introduce the needle is also very important and it is convenient to perfect it by the hand of your doctor, ”says Alcántara Pérez.
The syringes also repolish
In addition, the nutritionist explains that the girls face two other serious problems when treating their diabetes with insulin.On the one hand, the syringes rest because they suppose it is more comfortable to use it all day.And they are also injected with needles, which although they are small, are still too long and thick.In this regard, the diabetes educator recommends using short needles (4mm ultrafines).
“Reusing syringes and using large needles can bring severe complications in the skin, such as localized hyperdistrophies that consist in developing fatty tissues, which are seen as‘ balls ’in the areas where the syringe is introduced.They are problems that ‘due to vanity’ should also avoid, ”he says.
How to avoid putting insulin?
“When a patient with type I diabetes states that he does not like to exhibit at the time of applying the hormone, the ideal is to help change the injection technique, suggest another type of syringes and guide it to properly manipulate insulin.The objective of these changes is to help them have confidence and lose their fear of showing their illness, ”says Jaqueline Alcántara Pérez.
Type I diabetes is caused by the destruction of pancreas cells and leads to an absolute deficiency of insulin.Therefore, it is essential that from the moment of diagnosis they change eating habits, begin with a permanent routine of exercise, they are educated on the disease and understand that in no case should the treatment be abandoned, Alcántara Pérez ends.
