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What are insulin pumps?
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What are insulin pumps?

Here Dr Qureshi, Consultant Endocrinologist, discusses what insulin pumps are in the predominant use of diabetes type 1 insulin management.

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So what are insulin pumps? So essentially, insulin pump is a device which is designed to give people insulin constantly with a machine which is attached to attach to you. This essentially is designed to support patients predominantly with type one diabetes, who cannot produce their own insulin and it can give constant insulin over a matter of 24 hours in the form of a constant infusion. And it's designed to deal with a lot of complex issues that patients could develop if they've had type 1 diabetes for a number of years.

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