does anyone else have bumps or scar tissue from years of injecting insulin?
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The condition is called lipodystrophy.
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yes i have a few lumps but mine usually go away after a few weeks same as the bruises i get, if you have bumps that are always there and not going away its probably because ur not rotating ur needles around ur belly and legs like ur taking too many needles in the same spot.
I was told by my endocrinologist that the lumps happen from using a needle that's too short for the amount of insulin your taking and will go away. Nothing to worry about but change to a longer needle on your syringes.
It's a combination of the previous two answers. You are giving shots mainly to the same place most of the time so all the fat that's below the skin is removed by the insulin. You have to rotate your shot area to prevent it from happening. When you rotate you the area where you inject insulin the fat is depleted slowly and has an opportunity to recover before you use that spot again. The same may happen with your lancets but instead of fat loss, you get scar tissue built up from using the same spot over and over and over again. Best advise: rotate or change areas frequently. You should have been told this by your CDE or doctor. Maybe you were not listening at the time - that needle and syringe can do that sometimes.
This is common and it's just scar tissue from injecting in the same areas. It happens no matter where you inject, but if there is too much of a build up of scar tissue that will effect how your body absorbs the insulin, so try to rotate where you give your injections. The sugesstion is to change areas on your body: right leg, left leg, right tummy, left tummy, right arm, left arm, etc. When you get back to the first area inject an inch away from the last injection. I haven't heard of it being removed, but ask your doctor.
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Endocrinology nurse with Diabetes
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