ACCU-CHEK INSIGHT CANULAS PROBLEMS

Good morning
I've been using insulin pumps for almost 7 years.This year in May they changed me to the ACCU-Chek Insight and I have been having problems with the cannulas that I did not have before.On numerous occasions (I have 3 in the last month) the canula two days of inserting it begins to lose insulin when I administer a bolus.The entire adhesive zone is wet with the consequent bestial hyperglycemia (450-500) that follows.In addition, I don't know if some part of the dose has been administered until I spend a lot of time until I can correct it or after spending the correction ended with a hypo.
They have changed my catheter from 6 to 10 mm but I continue with problems.
Has anyone had similar problems?The truth is that I have called Roche but we do not find the problem, I am rotating the insertion areas and in principio I have no harder or affected abdomen areas that may be the cause

Hi @rafaza, I had many problems with the MEDRONICS QUIT SET catheters, in my case they folded and the insulin did not pass, every time I talked to them we tried to find a cause (normally I ended up thinking that the fault was mine), evenI changed the type of catheters to the oblique and never had any problem.I imagine that in the ACCU-chek pump there will be different types of catheters ...The length .....

In the end, did you solve the problem with the cannulas?I use the ACCU-CHECK INSIGHT and lately I am having the same problems, I do not know how to solve it now.

weybo said:
In the end did you solve the problem with the cannulas?I use the accu-check insight and lately I am having the same problems, I do not know how to solve it now.

They give me some problems, especially when it is a large insulin dose before eating.I try to rotate the insertion zone a lot and if I'm going to wear a high dose I check before seeing if there are bubbles in the tube.Also if the dose is high the divide so that the more leisurely.The administration speed that can be configured in the pump I have put it to a minimum.But with everything every so often it gives me problems.

Good afternoon.Exactly the same problem.I have contacted Roche and tell me to try the 8 mm cannulas (use 6, mode 1.90 and weight 90 kilos, I don't think it's the problem ...).What I have done, like Rafaza, is to lower the infusion speed of the pump to a minimum and it seems that at the moment it has been resolved, in case it helps you something ...
All the best

roofaza said:
good morning
I've been using insulin pumps for almost 7 years.This year in May they changed me to the ACCU-Chek Insight and I have been having problems with the cannulas that I did not have before.On numerous occasions (I have 3 in the last month) the canula two days of inserting it begins to lose insulin when I administer a bolus.The entire adhesive zone is wet with the consequent bestial hyperglycemia (450-500) that follows.In addition, I don't know if some part of the dose has been administered until I spend a lot of time until I can correct it or after spending the correction ended with a hypo.
They have changed my catheter from 6 to 10 mm but I continue with problems.
Has anyone had similar problems?The truth is that I have called Roche but we do not find the problem, I rotate the insertion areas and in principio I do not have areas of the most hard or affected abdomen that may be the cause

roofaza said:
good morning
I've been using insulin pumps for almost 7 years.This year in May they changed me to the ACCU-Chek Insight and I have been having problems with the cannulas that I did not have before.On numerous occasions (I have 3 in the last month) the canula two days of inserting it begins to lose insulin when I administer a bolus.The entire adhesive zone is wet with the consequent bestial hyperglycemia (450-500) that follows.In addition, I don't know if some part of the dose has been administered until I spend a lot of time until I can correct it or after spending the correction ended with a hypo.
They have changed my catheter from 6 to 10 mm but I continue with problems.
Has anyone had similar problems?The truth is that I have called Roche but we do not find the problem, I rotate the insertion areas and in principio I do not have areas of the most hard or affected abdomen that may be the cause

roofaza said:
good morning
I've been using insulin pumps for almost 7 years.This year in May they changed me to the ACCU-Chek Insight and I have been having problems with the cannulas that I did not have before.On numerous occasions (I have 3 in the last month) the canula two days of inserting it begins to lose insulin when I administer a bolus.The entire adhesive zone is wet with the consequent bestial hyperglycemia (450-500) that follows.In addition, I don't know if some part of the dose has been administered until I spend a lot of time until I can correct it or after spending the correction ended with a hypo.
They have changed my catheter from 6 to 10 mm but I continue with problems.
Has anyone had similar problems?The truth is that I have called Roche but we do not find the problem, I rotate the insertion areas and in principio I do not have areas of the most hard or affected abdomen that may be the cause

Good evening, the problem you have, I have been using the same bomb, and I have never had a similar problem is curious.I have never configured anything of the pump, except linking it, Alh mobile on the topic of PHC.But that is an issue that I am not going to comment, because it is for advanced users.Are you sure you have the cannula well?.Because to me, the only problem I had, is that I perspire a lot, and on more than one occasion they have taken off, but of course ever leaks.If I read once there that from the pump there could be leaks, but it was because people reused the insulin cartridge with a new system.Anyway, I feel not being able to help you, but it is possible that it is a game that has come out defective?I know that I have not contributed much but my intention is certainly the best.I hope you solve it as soon as possible.

Good, I have had problems with the cannulas in an intermittent way.I am doing for seasons, I don't know what to think if it is for certain defective lots or I am doing something wrong.

Regarding the administration speed I already tried the "very slow" speed and it seems that it was solved, although it has continued to give me even speed.

For the rest that I can think of is that it is the problem of the cannula insertion zone.I usually put it in the abdomen so it may be that due to certain movements such as sleeping face down, for example, make the cannula bend inside.It is also that it does not usually give problems the first day, but between the second or the third.

To insert it I use the automatic insertion device and I always try to "pinch" the area to be better inserted.

Any idea?Thank you so much.