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Managing Diabetes- The interactive web tool for children and families. It may be helpful to look at this section with your parents at first.
Pump Therapy Basics
Understanding how the pump works
The pancreas versus the pump
The pancreas of a person without diabetes regularly releases small quantities of insulin into the body to regulate blood glucose levels. The amount of insulin released varies with each individual’s internal clock, as well as factors such as physical activity, metabolism, stress and illness. When a person eats, the pancreas releases an extra surge of insulin to regulate blood glucose levels. Insulin pump therapy is a treatment that closely imitates the action of the pancreas, providing a constant supply of insulin to the body and extra doses as they are needed.
Pump therapy versus injection therapy
In contrast to insulin pump therapy, conventional insulin injection therapy does not imitate the action of the pancreas. A blanket injection of long-acting insulin may not correspond to the body’s varying needs during the course of the day—and those using this technique may be forced to plan meals and other aspects of life according to their injection schedules. Intensive injection therapy, involving multiple daily injections of long- and intermediate-acting insulin, is an improvement over conventional injection therapy but does not provide the continuous precise insulin delivery of an insulin pump which most closely mirrors the release of insulin in a person without diabetes.
Precise doses of insulin every day
Pump therapy gives you frequent doses of fast-acting insulin, all day and night. The rate of your basal delivery can be tailored to your body’s metabolic needs and can allow you to sleep, exercise and eat with greater flexibility and peace-of-mind. Your pump can be programmed to deliver bolus doses of insulin before meals or snacks to compensate for your caloric intake. You can determine the precise amount and timing of each bolus.
A gland positioned near the stomach about the size of a hand that secretes insulin, glucagon, and many digestive enzymes.
A hormone secreted by the beta cells of the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. Needed by many cells to use glucose for energy.
Inserting liquid medication or nutrients into the body with a syringe. A person with diabetes may use short needles or pinch the skin and inject at an angle to avoid an intramuscular injection of insulin.
A type of insulin that starts to lower blood glucose within 4 to 6 hours after injection and has its strongest effect 10 to 18 hours after injection. See ultralente insulin.
A treatment for diabetes in which blood glucose is kept as close to normal as possible through frequent injections or use of an insulin pump; meal planning; adjustment of medicines; and exercise based on blood glucose test results and frequent contact with a person's health care team.
Refers to a continuous supply of low levels of insulin, as in insulin pump therapy.
An extra amount of insulin taken to cover an expected rise in blood glucose, often related to a meal or snack.
ACCU-CHEK 360° Diabetes Managment Software
A user-friendly software program that clearly displays your diabetes information, helping you make better decisions and enable better communications with your doctor.
ACCU-CHEK Combo System
Your meter operates your pump. Your pump delivers your insulin. Wireless living just got even more convenient. This product is not cleared or available for use in the U.S.
A 510(k) submission is pending
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