People with diabetes, unstable blood sugar is the need to use an insulin pump to regulate, there are many people do not know what precautions to take in the use of insulin pumps, the following I would like to tell you.

1. First, the heat and cold state will make people consume too much glucose, too much energy consumption for a lot of sweating or heat production to maintain body temperature, so in this case the amount of insulin needed may need to be reduced in moderation, if the amount of physical activity and increase than usual, it is more important to reduce the basal rate or additional amount and more monitoring of blood glucose, to determine whether they need to adjust the insulin dose.

2. Second, in the hot summer, when you sweat a lot and your skin is moist, the adhesive tape that holds the catheter needle in place will easily loosen and fall off, and then the needle will leave the skin, so it is important to frequently observe and check the adhesive tape to avoid the situation where the needle is pulled out and insulin is not fed into the body. When you go out in hot weather, it is better to wrap a layer of polyethylene and aluminum foil on the outside of the insulin pump to isolate the hotspot conduction, and then cover the outside with clothes.

3. Third, cold weather poses little threat to the pump therapist because the pump can be worn close to the body and covered with a cotton shirt and still maintain body temperature, but when you are feeling very cold, with outdoor temperatures in the minus teens, it is important to avoid leaving the pump in such frigid air so that the insulin doesn't freeze and fail but the pump's own functioning will not be affected.

Precautions

It's important to note that the precautions for using an insulin pump are different in different seasons, so it's important to understand what precautions to take when using an insulin pump so as not to affect our health.