Diabetes is a disease that affects
almost one and a half million Canadians and an estimated
16,500,000 North Americans. About 27% of these people
are unaware that they even have it. Simply put, diabetes
is a disease that occurs when the body is unable to
metabolize sugar effectively. The hormone in our bodies
that allows us to be able to use the sugar in food
for energy is called insulin.
People living with diabetes may suffer
from a host of related health problems. The likelihood
of these complications increases dramatically when
the patient has, over the long-term, difficulty controlling
their blood glucose levels. If a patient suffers from
a continual recurrence of high blood sugar due to
ineffective absorption and distribution of insulin,
that patient has a much higher risk for all of the
serious complications associated with diabetes.
In the opposite case, a sudden decline
of glucose levels (insulin reaction) can, in the short-term,
present an immediate threat to the patient's health
(diabetic coma), a threat that can occur without warning
and even without the patient being aware of it.
Another serious and uncomfortable
side effect, which is very often overlooked, is the
development of callused, toughened or painful areas
of the skin tissue where insulin is commonly injected.
Considering that most diabetics must give themselves
multiple injections each day These sites can become
overused and the skin tissue damaged from repeated
injections. Over time, extensive damage can render
the injection sites useless. This condition, known
as hypertrophy, causes the insulin to be absorbed
at a much slower rate with an unequal distribution
throughout the body. When the body does not receive
insulin in a regular, even stream, the consequences
can be deadly serious.
In order to ensure an equal absorption
and distribution of the insulin and to avoid lipoatrophy,
another form of tissue damage, doctors, health-care
professionals and diabetes associations always inform
patients that they should rotate injection sites regularly
as it takes 4 to 6 weeks for skin tissue to heal.
Realistically however, it can be hard to remember
exactly where you injected yesterday, let alone a
month ago. What is needed is a way to remember EXACTLY
where you last injected, each and every time. The
answer is the INJECTION LOCATOR.
More than 15 years of research and
development have gone into the creation of this foolproof
device which simply and effectively assists a patient
in rotating their injection sites. The INJECTION LOCATOR
is so simple that even a child who self injects can
use it effectively. The device is a flexible template
that can conform to any area of the body commonly
used for injecting, no matter what size: including
the upper legs, abdomen, upper arms, buttocks and
lower back. The Injection Locator has (60) punched
holes that are numbered corresponding to the days
of the month and are known as "date locations".
These locations give the self-injecting patient up
to 186 different injection sites and up to 403 sites
for the patient who has assistance with injecting
insulin.
The INJECTION LOCATOR is designed
with convenient navigator holes which the patient
simply lines up as instructed, and injects the insulin
in the site that corresponds with the numbered "date
location". Following the Start arrow line, the
patient places a pen-mark through the appropriate
date location. Then removes the template, and proceeds
with the injection as usual, approximately 1 cm. to
the right of the date mark. When the last day of that
month arrives, the patient transfers the template
to another injection area and proceeds in the same
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Summary
With the use of the INJECTION LOCATOR,
a patient is evenly spacing and rotating injection
sites on a regular basis. Thus ensuring that the skin
will heal fully between injections, the insulin will
be absorbed throughout the "healthy tissue"
and distributed properly, thereby enabling the blood
sugar to remain in the normal range. Thanks to the
INJECTION LOCATOR, a diabetes patient can enjoy a
more improved, comfortable, longer life.
Your doctor, diabetes health professional
and diabetes associations are advising you strongly;
to separate your injection sites!
With the use of the Injection Locator
along with a healthy diet and regular exercise, "Diabetes"
IS.... a disease that CAN be mastered."
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