The number of patients treated with insulin has increased steadily over the last few decades, and the product has undergone several changes since its invention, mainly with the modification of its structure to allow for greater efficiency and form with the appearance of insulin pens. Despite this, many people with diabetes fail to reach their glycemic targets. One of the reasons for this is errors in insulin injection technique. These errors are numerous but underestimated because they are less well understood, but fortunately they are easily corrected once detected. This requires a good education of the patient on the injection technique, which can already solve part of the diabetes imbalance.
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