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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Patients with type 1 diabetes are at risk of serious health complications because the NHS is not issuing enough insulin pumps, according to two charities.
Diabetes UK and the type 1 charity JDRF have expressed concern that a recent audit of insulin pump use found the UK lagging behind the rest of Europe.
Insulin pumps are portable devices, about the size of a mobile phone, that are attached to the body and deliver constant amounts of rapid or short acting insulin via a catheter placed under the skin.
Using an insulin pump has a number of advantages for patients. For instance, diabetics can instantly change insulin dose, meaning that changes are quicker to be felt. Furthermore, fast-acting insulin is more easily absorbed by the body, and it is more predictable than long-acting insulin.
http://www.webmd.boots.com/diabetes/news/20130514/diabetes-uk-insulin-pump-use
Diabetes UK and the type 1 charity JDRF have expressed concern that a recent audit of insulin pump use found the UK lagging behind the rest of Europe.
Insulin pumps are portable devices, about the size of a mobile phone, that are attached to the body and deliver constant amounts of rapid or short acting insulin via a catheter placed under the skin.
Using an insulin pump has a number of advantages for patients. For instance, diabetics can instantly change insulin dose, meaning that changes are quicker to be felt. Furthermore, fast-acting insulin is more easily absorbed by the body, and it is more predictable than long-acting insulin.
http://www.webmd.boots.com/diabetes/news/20130514/diabetes-uk-insulin-pump-use