Diabetes Monitor - Information, education, and support for people with diabetes

Contraindications

Publication Date: 1/6/2010

Contraindications

 

  • Lack of consistent blood glucose testing (less than 4 times a day)

  • Unwillingness to calculate meal dosages

  • Intense fear of needles or pain

  • Extreme concern about hiding the pump from others

 

 

    Inserting a pump infusion set is different from injecting insulin. Kids who use pumps should numb their skin with EMLA or ELA-Max before inserting a set.

 

 

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