It would be help if any professionals could answer this, my nurse has been useless!?

Question

After injecting, the skin stays painful temporarily. After the pain is reduced it does not go away completely and it stays tender for a very long time!

Why does this happen and is there anything I can do about it?

P.S. I know about injecting at different sites to help... but I dont have enough different space, most of them hurt!!

Sorry ppl! i meant injectin insulin!

Answer 1

AND on the other hand, you might not be going deep enough.
I was using the pen syringe and it had a shorty needle on it, it started burning and it was lumppy! I stopped that real fast!!!
Keep trying different ways, shorter needles longer needles, use ice trying clening only with soap and not alcohol, IF theses done work ask your doctor to change the type of insulin, Insulin should not be a living hell, it should be another way to life.
Your sites need to heal before you use it again, If you go around your stomach in a clockwork manner using the 12-3-6-9 then your 12am will be healed by the time you get to 9am spot again try not to inject in the very same spot over again.
Go bigger on smaller the next day. that way you should have about 20 injections before you get the that site again.

Answer 2

First of all, you should be using the smallest syringe available to you (if you're injecting less than 30 units at a time, use a 1/3 cc, I think... I've been on the pump for almost five years but used injections 4 times daily for 12 years before that!) with the highest gauge (the higher the gauge, the smaller the needle) needle that is available and that your insurance will pay for (I also work in insurance, and most places will pay for whatever your doctor prescribes if the doctor says it's medically necessary (and if you're in that much pain, it is!).

Then, like someone already said, bunch up the skin, put the needle in, inject the insulin, and let the skin go at the same exact time you pull the needle out...

Also just practice will probably help... my old pump malfunctioned (after over 4 years, so it was time) and for the 24 hours I was waiting for the new one, I did injections and they hurt a little; I used to be able to do them without even feeling anything, so I think it was just because I was out of practice.

Answer 3

A lot of drugs, other than insulin, do irritate the injection site, mostly because they are given under the skin. It is important that you continue to do it that way because the purpose giving it into the loose fat is for it to absorb slowly over a period of time depending on the drug. Many people use their abdomen below the belly button as it is easy to get to and apparently less nerves in that area, thus less discomfort.

Answer 4

I hope you are injecting just under the skin. You need not go any further. You might be injecting into your muscles. Assuming that you are injecting insulin, that's not what you should be doing. If you know about changing sites, you should also know about raising your skin so you don't go into muscle. Maybe next time you should try your stomach area where there's fat to inject into.

Answer 5

After you have injected and cleaned with alcohol, let the alcohol dry and then apply a dab of hydrocortosone cream with a q-tip. Another tip I got from my mom...hold the filled syringe under your arm for a minute so the insulin won't be ice cold. Are you using your tummy? Sometimes, it is more fleshy and less painful than your arms, unless you are a very muscular person.

Answer 6

you probably have neuralgia. it is a common condition in diabetics. it is just nerve pain. there is not much that can be done but you should mention it to your doctor and see if he can prescribe something to help. In diabetics there are so many complications and so much damage that is done and overtime the damage affects the nerves. You may eventually have pain where you haven't even injected the medication. It is just due to the effect of the disease on the nerves. And unfortunately there aren't any home treatments that really work.

Answer 7

2 things to try here: (1) Keep your needles in the freezer before you use them, and (2) Be sure to massage the injection site before and after you stick yourself. You could also try warm and cold compresses on the injection site afterwards; perhaps that would help.

Answer 8

Some injectable are very irritating. Most of the most irritating are given IM such as penicillin and for better absorption. Inoculations and insulin are given subq for slow absorption although inoculations cause local irritation.

Answer 9

Check out curezone.com...you CAN get off insulin.

Also, try taking cinnamon (1/2 to 1 tsp a day) to help control
your blood sugar levels.

Control your blood sugar naturally...

Eat 10 servings of dark leafy green vegetables (spinach leaves, broccoli, red-leaf lettuce, parsley) made into a smoothie using your blender...this will give you MUCH MORE ENERGY every day!!! For flavor, add a dash of cayenne pepper, curry powder, and garlic powder to it.

Eat a serving of old-fashioned oatmeal every day to keep your
blood sugar level.

Helpful herbs: You can get them at herbalcom.com...
astralagus powder (1-2 tsp whenever you feel tired)
red clover root
dandelion root powder
chlorophyll

Also...take at least 200 mg of magnesium citrate or oxide every day. It will give you the energy you need.

Drink filtered water.

Good luck!! Hope this helps.

Answer 10

make sure you pinch up some fat where u inject, it will be less painfull.

also try to get a small guage (size) needle. I think I use a 0.8mm now but you can get as small as a 0.5mm if needed, it will hurt less.

or try injecting in ur as*s, there are not so many nurve cells there and usually plenty of fat.