Insulin pumps

Diabetes is the most common disease nowadays. For example, more than 6% of the United State's population is afflicted with type 1 or 2 of diabetes and some need an insulin pump. The good news is that only 10-15% of them have type 1 diabetes and are in the need of insulin doses administrated now with the help of an insulin pump. But, even though, there are some people that depend on an insulin pump for living.

Insulin (used by the insulin pump) is a hormone produced by the beta cells in the pancreas that allows glucose from the food we eat to get into our cells for energy. Insulin is necessary for life, and without it, diabetes installs.

The using of insulin pumps has been growing in popularity. More and more diabetic people are now using the benefits of the improved diabetes control provided by the insulin pump.

An insulin pump is an insulin delivering device about the size of a pack of play cards can be kept in a pocket or on the belt. The insulin pump connects to a small plastic tube that ends with a needle inserted under the skin. The user sets the insulin pump to put in his body insulin throughout the day. The insulin pump releases doses at meals and at the times when blood glucose level is too high; all of these based on how the user chooses to program he's insulin pump.

The insulin pump is now helping more and more diabetic people all over the world improving the quality of their life, especially for children. It has allowed parents to give their child more freedom as they are less worried about hypoglycemia than in the past. School lunch time is not a problem when school nurses are properly trained.

Personally I know that the pump is not for me, I don't like needles and am very squimish so I wouldn't be able to cope with having the needle in me all the time, and anyway my diabetes is controlled just fine. I can however see that it would help some people who have a bad control or who cannot get the control in the first place, so don't be put of by me.