What controls the flow of insulin?!
Question: What controls the flow of insulin.?
Answers:
In non-diabetics the Beta cells in the Pancreas react to the amount of sugar in your bloodstream ie they react automatically by producing more or less insulin. In a diabetic the pancreas either doesn't produce any insulin at all (type 1 diabetes) or produces too little or the body cannot use what IS being produced (type 2) and the individual has to guage the amount of sugar themselves, usually through a finger prick test (or if you've had diabetes long enough you can guess pretty accurately if you've got too much or too little sugar in your blood).
Type 1 diabetics take insulin via a syringe/insulin pen (usually a long acting insulin to cover you for 24 hours plus a shorter-acting insulin to 'top up' when you eat), most type 2s are on tablets or diet-controlled (but there are those type 2s who need to take shots).
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Type 1 diabetics take insulin via a syringe/insulin pen (usually a long acting insulin to cover you for 24 hours plus a shorter-acting insulin to 'top up' when you eat), most type 2s are on tablets or diet-controlled (but there are those type 2s who need to take shots).
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