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Apologies for duplication from another thread but wanted to ask advice about 10 second rule on injecting....
....background info from other thread....
How is the best way of explaining the 10 second rule when injecting insulin....what are the reasons behind this...is it to do with absorption or minimising leakage.....why 10 seconds...what happens if you do less than 10 seconds....
Am just wondering how I can best explain this to my partner to improve his injection technique and perhaps minimise the pain and bleeding he currently experiences......and if those problems exist because of poor injection technique..
@Shar67 did suggest (on other thread) getting the dn to explain this to him but unfortunately I am unable to go to his next appointment with him to ask the question and regardless of this being explained on a couple of occasions in the past he soon reverts back to the 'quick in and out' method.
..as I see him inject on a daily basis I was wondering if there are any useful suggestions I could make (preferably on a casual basis) that will encourage him to follow the 10 second rule.
....background info from other thread....
Just wondered how common it is to experience pain on injecting or bleeding from injection site....my partner seems to often experience these when injecting his insulin (Novomix 30 FlexPen / Mylife Penfine Classic 4mm needles).....injecting into stomach area.......is this usual or is there a way of minimising this...
Have just been reading around on forum and am wondering if my partner's injection technique is part of the problem.....he always injects in the stomach area and doesn't pinch the skin when injecting....I have also noticed that he only holds it in place for two or at the most three seconds before withdrawing the needle and saying 'that's done'...
Am i correct in assuming that holding the needle in place for the ten seconds as recommended would allow for the insulin to be absorbed into the fatty layer before withdrawing leading to better overall absorption......and that pain and bleeding would be less likely to occur as insulin would not be leaked out.
Is difficult for me to criticise his injection technique as he is reluctant to listen to what I have to say and thinks he is doing it correctly....however if I can say that holding it in place longer will help to minimise any pain or bleeding perhaps I can get him to try it this way for a while and see if it improves.
As far as injection sites go he has only ever used his stomach as is the easiest part to get to....and don't think (know) he has any particular system in place as to where in his stomach he will inject....would guess that most injections are roughly in the same place depending on which hand he holds his insulin pen in.....i have vaguely mentioned moving the injection site around but he wouldn't remember where he had done it last time anyway...
How is the best way of explaining the 10 second rule when injecting insulin....what are the reasons behind this...is it to do with absorption or minimising leakage.....why 10 seconds...what happens if you do less than 10 seconds....
Am just wondering how I can best explain this to my partner to improve his injection technique and perhaps minimise the pain and bleeding he currently experiences......and if those problems exist because of poor injection technique..
@Shar67 did suggest (on other thread) getting the dn to explain this to him but unfortunately I am unable to go to his next appointment with him to ask the question and regardless of this being explained on a couple of occasions in the past he soon reverts back to the 'quick in and out' method.
..as I see him inject on a daily basis I was wondering if there are any useful suggestions I could make (preferably on a casual basis) that will encourage him to follow the 10 second rule.