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Kwik pen problem?

atr

atr

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
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Ugh i dont know if its just me but very often i open up a new pen the dam pen has bubble the next day?! i take the insulin out of the fridge and then go to bed and iwake up i check blood sugar and take out my kwik pen it has bubbles. lots of them. 3 out of 5 pens does this... anyone get this problem?
 
I always get a bubble but have never given it a second thought as Insulin is injected subcutaneously not intravenously so there's no direct health threat from injecting the air. The worst that can happen is a reduction in dosing if some air enters the needle. But you prime the pen to prevent that anyway.

If it worries you and you cannot get rid of the bubbles then you just have to hold the pen at an angle such that the bubble(s) is always at the plunger end.
 
Do you leave the needle attached to the pen?

I generally only see bubbles like that once I get more than half way down most of my pens but as @urbanracer says it doesn't really bother me much since you are injecting SC and is not likely to cause any issues other than maybe a little bruising on top of the possible variability in dosing.

But like I inferred at the start with my question. Don't leave the pen with a needle attached.

/A
 
AndyS said:
Do you leave the needle attached to the pen?

I generally only see bubbles like that once I get more than half way down most of my pens but as @urbanracer says it doesn't really bother me much since you are injecting SC and is not likely to cause any issues other than maybe a little bruising on top of the possible variability in dosing.

But like I inferred at the start with my question. Don't leave the pen with a needle attached.

/A
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nope that pen was brand new i just took it out . went to bed and woke up next day. then i saw the bubbles.
 
urbanracer said:
I always get a bubble but have never given it a second thought as Insulin is injected subcutaneously not intravenously so there's no direct health threat from injecting the air. The worst that can happen is a reduction in dosing if some air enters the needle. But you prime the pen to prevent that anyway.

If it worries you and you cannot get rid of the bubbles then you just have to hold the pen at an angle such that the bubble(s) is always at the plunger end.
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just worried that i wont get the dose i need
 
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ughhh today before dinner... And i already try to tap it but is not.going away. this is getting annoying
 
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