When it comes to insulin, the first reaction of most diabetic patients may be the sharp needle and the accompanying pain of the injection. In fact, except for a very small number of patients who may feel pain due to abnormal sensitivity or rare cases such as the needle touching nerve endings due to improper handling, most insulin injections are not as painful as we think. Most insulin injections are not as painful as we think. Knowing the correct method of insulin injection can help reduce the “pain of skin” during insulin injection. Today, your diabetes doctor will teach you a few tips to reduce the pain of insulin injections. Tip 1: Relax! Relax! Some diabetics feel nervous and tense before the injection, and they will certainly feel pain when they are injected under such circumstances. Therefore, before we inject insulin, we need to relax our mind and body. 1, full understanding of insulin, good psychological construction For some diabetic patients, insulin therapy is necessary: type 1 diabetic patients need insulin therapy for life from the onset; type 2 diabetic patients, in some cases, also need to use insulin therapy. People should know that receiving insulin therapy does not equal a serious condition. Applying insulin therapy under the guidance of a doctor not only can better control blood sugar and avoid aggravating the burden on the liver and kidneys, but also can improve the quality of life and prolong life. 2. Relax your muscles. After receiving insulin psychologically, let your body relax and don’t tighten the muscles at the injection site, relaxing your muscles can help reduce pain. You should know that the pain of insulin injection is small compared to blood draw, infusion and buttock injection. Tip 2: Prepare before the injection Sometimes, the pain during the injection is caused by the lack of preparation. Doing the following points before the injection can effectively reduce the pain of the injection. 1, insulin to room temperature For unopened insulin, it needs to be stored at 2 to 8 ℃ in the cold. If unopened insulin is just taken out of the refrigerator freezer and injected immediately after opening, it may cause pain due to cold stimulation. Therefore, it is necessary to keep this freshly opened insulin in the room for a few minutes to “warm up” and wait until the insulin returns to room temperature before injection. As for opened insulin, it should be stored at room temperature (below 25℃), protected from light and heat, and not in the refrigerator. 2.Choose the right needle It is crucial to choose the right length of needle. Using a smaller diameter and shorter length of needle will be less painful when injecting. The choice of needles is related to the thickness of the subcutaneous fat and the injection site of the individual, so you need to choose the right needle for you with the advice of your doctor. 3, use a new needle for each injection If the needle is used repeatedly, it will cause the lubrication layer on the surface of the needle to fall off, blunt the needle tip or even appear burrs and barbs, thus increasing the injection pain. Therefore, do not feel bad about the needle money, disposable needles, can greatly reduce the injection pain. 4, alcohol dry before injection If you use alcohol to disinfect the skin, do not be anxious, remember to wait for the alcohol to dry before injection. Because if the alcohol is not dry before the injection, alcohol from the eye of the needle is brought under the skin, will cause pain. 5. Don’t pinch the skin too hard When using longer needles or in areas with a thin fat layer, such as the upper arm, it is necessary to pinch the skin when injecting. When injecting, use one hand to gently pinch the skin about 3 cm wide at the injection site, and do not pinch the skin too hard until it turns white to avoid pain. The meat is your own, don’t be so hard on yourself. Tip 3: Choose the right injection site 1, avoid the root of the sweat hair injection near the root of the sweat hair is often rich in nerve endings, in these parts of the injection, the body is more sensitive to pain, we should pay attention to avoid when injecting. 2, do not inject at the same point Common insulin injection sites include the upper arm, abdomen, buttocks and thighs. If injected at the same point, it may cause fatty growth, which will affect insulin absorption and lead to painful injection. Therefore, it is important to rotate the injection sites when injecting. Some sugar lovers will say: insulin is injected every day, the belly is full of needle holes, how can I remember where I injected yesterday? Don’t worry, there is a trick to rotate: inject the same site at the same time every day: for example, always choose to inject in the abdomen every morning and don’t change to other sites at will; inject different sites at different times every day: for example, if you inject in the abdomen in the morning, you can choose other sites such as the outer thighs or buttocks at night; rotate left and right: for example, you can inject in the thighs once a week on the left side, once a week on the right side, and other sites. parts need to be rotated regularly as well. Once you find pain, depression, or hard knots at the injection site, you should immediately stop injecting in this area until the symptoms disappear. Be careful to keep a distance of 3 to 4 cm between each injection and the last injection site to avoid skin infections and subcutaneous hard knots, and to avoid reusing the same injection site within a month. Tip 4: Master the secret of injection The secret of injection is: fast in and fast out, slowly push the drug. Try to be as fast as possible when entering and exiting the needle, so that the needle has left quickly before the skin feels pain. The opposite is true when administering the medicine, try to go slower and let the medicine enter the body slowly. The route of the needle is kept in a straight line, from which direction the needle enters, and from which direction it exits. Tip 5: Choose insulin needle-free syringes Currently, there are already needle-free syringes on the market. Compared with ordinary syringes with needles, needle-free syringes are good for injection and there is no injection pain. However, needleless syringes are more expensive, the removal and installation process is more complicated, and there is a high risk of skin bruising in thin patients. If necessary, patients can choose to use them under the guidance of a specialist. Tip 6: Ask your family to help If you really see the needle, your head is dizzy, your hands are shaking, there is no way to overcome the fear, or due to poor vision and other reasons not convenient to inject, we do not force ourselves, you can find family and friends to help play insulin ah. Sometimes, insulin pain is a psychological effect, “I feel like I will be in pain”. In fact, as long as the above content, master the correct injection method, it is possible to reduce the pain of insulin injection