My son has been suffering from type 1 diabetes from two year his age is 12 year. He is on insulin nova mix penfil 20 unit in morning and 12 unit in evening. I want any alternative for this because its very painful for me. Any permanent solution please tell.

Dr. K SridharDiabetologist19yrs exp

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If your son is a type 1 diabetic, regret to say but insulin is the only choice of drug. He can change the sites of the insulin injections constantly and apply stomach if you? re going to inject into the stomach, stay at least two inches away from the bellybutton and/or any scars you may already have when using the abdomen for injections. -thigh for an injection in your thigh, inject at least four inches or about one hand? s width above the knee and at least four inches down from the top of the leg. Do not inject insulin into your inner thigh because of the large number of blood vessels and nerves in this area. - arm the area between the shoulder and elbow on the outside of the arm is usually fine for injections. Injecting into the arm can be difficult, however, because you often cannot pinch enough of an injection site without the aid of your free hand. One option for injecting into the arm with less pain is to apply pressure to the arm from a fixed surface to create an injection site, and then use your free hand to inject. This injection technique usually provides a painless experience. Also visit the below site for further information. http://www.joslin.org/info/how_to_improve_the_insulin_injection_experience.html  

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