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Injection bruises

danielle1708

danielle1708

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi all, new to this so bear with me!
I just wanted some advice on my injections, I inject 4 times a day, sometimes 5 and every time I seem to inject recently it starts bleeding. I later on then get a bruise or a little lump where I previously injected! I use 5mm needles, I've also tried 4mm before and they didn't seem to work either!
Hope you can help, thank you :)
 
I always injected in arm where end of a short sleeve t shirt was or at the top back part. Insulin worked ok so I
avoided my tummy unless bg was very high. Try tomorrow and see how you get on as you shouldn't mark
 
If you use a basal, do that in backside if you can so that its absorbtion is a bit slower
 
danielle1708 said:
Hi all, new to this so bear with me!
I just wanted some advice on my injections, I inject 4 times a day, sometimes 5 and every time I seem to inject recently it starts bleeding. I later on then get a bruise or a little lump where I previously injected! I use 5mm needles, I've also tried 4mm before and they didn't seem to work either!
Hope you can help, thank you :)
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Just means your hitting the small capillary blood vessels that lay close the the skin, the bruising is a result of some blood loss. Just make sure to use a new needle every-time to minimise any discomfort from injecting.

On MDI I would use my arms and stomach for my bolus dose and my bum and legs for my basal.
 
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