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Dave in TX - 29 Jan 2007 20:39 GMT

When injecting I always pull back on the plunger to check for blood and
here's my question.

If I get blood in the syringe do I dump the insulin clean the syringe and
try again?

Keep the insulin and try again at another site and inject if no more blood?

Thanks!

Dave in TX

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Alexander Arnakis - 29 Jan 2007 23:04 GMT

>When injecting I always pull back on the plunger to check for blood and
>here's my question.
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>Keep the insulin and try again at another site and inject if no more blood?

Do the second. It does no harm to re-inject a little of your own
blood.

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Uncle Enrico - 31 Jan 2007 17:49 GMT

Why do you check for blood Dave? Just curious.

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Priscilla H. Ballou - 31 Jan 2007 18:56 GMT

> Why do you check for blood Dave? Just curious.

I'm not Dave, but I believe it's to avoid shooting into a blood vessel.

Priscilla, T2 NIDDM

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Alexander Arnakis - 31 Jan 2007 21:43 GMT

>I'm not Dave, but I believe it's to avoid shooting into a blood vessel.

Exactly so. It's not a good idea to "mainline" insulin.

This is one reason not to use an insulin pen. There's no way to
"aspirate" a pen, as you can a syringe. The diabetes establishment
poo-poos this, but it's quite possible to inject insulin directly into
a vein when using a pen, and you'd never know it until you started
suffering the adverse consequences.

I was taught, when first diagnosed more than 41 years ago, to *always*
aspirate the syringe. I think that's still good advice today.

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Ma¢k - 31 Jan 2007 22:30 GMT

[Default] On Wed, 31 Jan 2007 21:43:58 GMT, Alexander Arnakis
<invalid@address.none> Giggled into the madness of usenet:

>>I'm not Dave, but I believe it's to avoid shooting into a blood vessel.
>>
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>I was taught, when first diagnosed more than 41 years ago, to *always*
>aspirate the syringe. I think that's still good advice today.

I have not done so in over 28 years. There is no way to aspirate
using a pump. No problems so far.

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