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Suggest Medication For Tenderness In Stomach Noticed After Taking Insulin
I take insulin injections 4 times a day. Since my blood sugar levels have remained unstable, I'm restricted to giving the injections in my stomach for now. I've been doing this for about a month now and my stomach is really getting sore. Any tips to help reduce the tenderness?
Thu, 7 Aug 2014
Site rotation is the best answer to your query. please leave 2 inches gap from the umbilicus and start injecting 1 finger breadth apart with every injection. Night dose insulin or long acting insulin can be injected in the thighs as well. Generally Abdomen and thighs are the most preferred sites for injection but if pain and swelling in intolerable you can try alternative sites like shoulder.
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Dr.Riyaz Sheriff
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