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Insulin is normally made by the beta cells in the pancreas. If the body is short on insulin, it must be injected to keep levels up, hour by hour. It cannot be taken in pills as the molecule is too fragile to survive digestion.
Normally, insulin is produced by the body to regulate blood sugar level. For diabetics, however, the beta cells become dysfunctional and are either destroyed or do not make enough insulin, or the other cells in the body resist insulin and require more of it. As a result, people who are diabetic must inject insulin to maintain their blood sugar level, hour by hour. Because of this, people who are diabetic tend to have a blood with higher level of sugar, or to be unable to lower the sudden rises of blood sugar that occur after eating.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 9y agoWhen a person has Diabetes the pancreas does not produce insulin or in some cases does not produce enough insulin. When a diabetic has to inject insulin, they are replacing what the body would normally produce.
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∙ 11y agoInsulin is a protein hormone comprised entirely of amino acids held together by peptide bonds. Your stomach contains proteases and pepsidases, both of which are enzymes that turn big proteins into their individual amino acid components. Your stomach pH is low (2.5ish). This acidic medium would destroy the conformation of the insulin by itself. So we gotta inject to bypass the wonders of our stomach
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∙ 13y agoInsulin currently cannot be taken by mouth, because it is a protein, and the gastric juices in the stomach would destroy it. So by injecting it under the skin, you are enabling the insulin to eventually get into the blood stream without having it get destroyed in the stomach. There is considerable research going on to try to resolve this problem--studies are ongoing to develop a pill form.
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∙ 10y agoInsulin is a hormone which is digested in the stomch into small fragments, so that it loses its absorption in to the blood.
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∙ 13y agoInsulin must be taken as an injection because if it was taken as a pill it will be destroyed by stomach acid.
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∙ 11y agoBecause the human body needs it to control sugar level in the blood.
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∙ 11y agoInsulin is destroyed by stomach acid
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Is insulin lipid or water soluble?
No it is not a lipid. Insulin is made up of proteins. It cannot be injected orally.
Why must hormones like insulin and oxytocin be injected?
You can't take insulin by mouth because the acids in your stomach would destroy it. http://www.healthline.com/sw/khs-using-injected-insulin
Is insulin lipid?
No it is not a lipid. Insulin is made up of proteins. It cannot be injected orally.
What if you while Injecting insulin accidentally forget to draw insulin into the syringe and injected air into abdomen instead of insulin?
Instead of Insulin,if air is injected into abdomen/subcutaneous,then the patient's blood sugar level will go up (Hyperglycemia) which may lead to Diabetic Keto Acidosis(DKA).To take control over the situation, insulin(Rapid acting) has to be injected immediately.
What are the units injected by a diabetic?
It's an agreed amount of insulin.
Why you give insulin orally?
You don't give insulin orally ! Insulin needs to be injected into the patient's bloodstream. The acids in the stomach would break down the insulin - rendering it useless.
Why is it that hypertonic solutions are injected to patients who have insulin shock?
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Why do diabetics inject insulin into the skin and not directly into the bloodstream?
It is not injected into the skin, it is injected into fat. If it was injected into the bloodstream it would act too quickly and most likely kill you.
Being a diabetic is it possible to inject insulin in your scalp and get a sufficient effect from it?
Insulin is supposed to be injected into fat for it to work properly, so no.
What happens to insulin when it is injected into the skin?
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Does having diabetes mean having little shots everyday?
It depends on how harsh of the disease you have. My grandfather had to take insulin everyday because he had it. <><><> I have diabetes- and do not need shots (injected insulin). I watch what I eat, and take a medicine in pill form. Other people will need injected insulin. As said, depends on the course of the ailment that you have.
Why drugs which are proteinsuch as insulin cannot be taken by mouth but must be injected?
Insulin cannot be taken by mouth as it is needed in the blood, where it is usually injected. Taken by mouth it would be digested along with the food. However, there are some interesting alternative ways are researched. More info on these alternative insulin administrations can be found on related links.
