A hormone is a chemical your body naturally makes. Your body makes insulin to manage the level of sugar in the blood. If your doctor is suggesting taking an insulin, it may not be your fault. Your diabetes may have changed.
After a meal, blood sugar levels in your body increase, and that triggers the release of insulin
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The body makes insulin and releases it in the blood to help cells absorb sugar. In people with type 2 diabetes though, your body stops making insulin or has trouble using the insulin it does make.
Most people who take insulin to treat their diabetes have done something wrong
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As diabetes changes, your medication may need to change too. It’s not necessarily something you did wrong. It just means your body is not producing enough insulin on its own.
The most common method of injecting insulin is with a syringe
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A syringe is currently more common, but here's a bonus tip: insulin is also available in prefilled pens. Your doctor will decide what device is right for you, and train you on how to use it.
Your body needs more insulin after eating than throughout the day
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After eating, blood sugar levels normally rise. Our bodies break down food into sugar, and insulin helps sugar enter cells and deliver energy. For people with diabetes, taking insulins helps this process.
For some people, when a diabetes treatment starts working, the body begins to process blood sugar more effectively, which may cause weight gain. Talk to your doctor about how you can manage weight gain with diet and exercise.
You will be able to tell your insulin treatment is working by the way you feel
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The only way to know what your blood sugar levels are is to test them. You and your doctor will create a blood sugar tracking plan, which may include an A1c test (typically done 2–4 times per year) as well as daily blood sugar testing. How much do you know about testing and A1c?
There are treatments available when insulin is not enough to help manage blood sugar levels
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There are medication options available if you’re already using a long-acting insulin, but you're still not getting to your A1c goal. It could be that your diabetes is changing and your doctor may consider a treatment change that is more than insulin.
