Poor awareness of the proper injection techniques adversely affects glucose control

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/tes-pao062314.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jun-2014
Contact: Aaron Lohr
The Endocrine Society
Poor awareness of the proper injection techniques adversely affects glucose control

CHICAGO, IL — Diabetic patients who don't know proper injection techniques may administer insulin incorrectly, leading to poor glycemic control and adverse outcomes, a new study from Iraq finds. The results were presented in a poster Monday, June 23 at ICE/ENDO 2014, the joint meeting of the International Society of Endocrinology and the Endocrine Society in Chicago.

"Lack of simple education about proper injection techniques could be blamed for many complications and adverse outcomes. I thought about conducting this study after managing two teenage patients who suffered diabetic ketoacidosis, a life-threatening acute emergency. The condition occurred due to the lump formed because they were unaware of the proper injection techniques," said study author Hassan A-R Ibrahim, MBChB, MSc, diabetes specialist at the Layla Qasim Diabetes Center in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq.

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