insulin therapy
Hormone injection regimen
Insulin therapy is the medical use of insulin to treat diabetes, replacing or supplementing the hormone the body fails to produce adequately.
Type 1 diabetics require insulin therapy for survival; type 2 diabetics may need it when other treatments prove insufficient.
The therapy involves regular injections or continuous delivery via an insulin pump: She's been on insulin therapy since childhood.
- hyperglycemiaAbnormally high blood glucose
- diabetesMetabolic disorder affecting glucose
- subcutaneous injectionMedication into tissue below dermis
- injection siteWhere medicine enters body
- gestational diabetesGlucose intolerance during pregnancy
blood sugar · sliding scale · transdermal patch · glucose · pancreas · basal · honeymoon phase · intravenous infusion · hormone · dosage · pump · subcutaneous · bolus · needle · syringe · A1C · endocrine · lancet
- medical treatmentschemotherapy, immunotherapy, surgery, dialysis, transplant
- hormone drugsprogesterone, testosterone, estradiol, hormone injection, hormone cream
- medical caresurgery, examination, injection, prescription, medication
- therapiesphysiotherapy, psychotherapy, cryotherapy, PT, hydrotherapy
- treatmentstreatment, treatments, medication, medicine, therapies
- diabetestype 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, blood sugar, glucose, A1C
insulin therapylifestyle modification
Adjusting personal habits deliberately
dietary management · exercise therapy · weight management · watchful waiting · metformin
insulin therapyobservation
Attentive watching or remark
self-management · natural remedies · holistic approach · prevention · health maintenance