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What Could Injecting Air Instead Of Insulin Cause?

I was going to have a lil snack and got my insulin out to inject. I then realized I was not too sure that I actually injected insulin. But may have injected air.. it was 10 units I thought I was injecting into my belly. Can anything bad come of that besides higher sugar levels?
posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2014
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hello, thanks for your query, u should be panic if air enters your blood vessels there can b a chance of air embolism. insulin syrenge reaches sub cutanous(just below d skin). air in these space will not cause any harm.all the best. take care.
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What Could Injecting Air Instead Of Insulin Cause?

hello, thanks for your query, u should be panic if air enters your blood vessels there can b a chance of air embolism. insulin syrenge reaches sub cutanous(just below d skin). air in these space will not cause any harm.all the best. take care.