What benefits might you expect with an Insulin Pump?

Sister Parminder Rihal, Diabetes Specialist Nurse talks about looking after your Diabetes around having a surgical procedure. She talks about general issues with having good glucose control with diet and exercise. She explains that good glucose control makes healing much more predictable and using the word intensify for glucose control.

Dr Mushtaqur Rahman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist talks about being weight as being an important factor. He talks about the body becoming relatively resistant to Insulin. During pregnancy, the placenta produces hormone which increase the blood sugar - normally insulin is released which brings this back down but in women with Gestational Diabetes the insulin does not act as it should.

This is Dr Sheharya Qureshi, Consultant Endocrinologist, discussing the potential malfunctions when using insulin pump therapy.

Dr Sheharyar Quraishi, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist talks about three main areas that are tested before being fitted with an Insulin pump. Donna van Zyl, Specialist Diabetic Dietician also provides valuable insight into how important the person with Diabetes is and their psychology is in successful use of an Insulin pump.

Donna van Zyl, Specialist Diabetic Dietician talks about pros and cons with having an Insulin Pump. She discusses Diabetic Ketoacidosis and inconvenience of having a device attached to you. She also talks about the pros, like better control of blood sugar levels and others.

Dr Mushtaqur Rahman, Consultant Endocrinologist and Diabetologist talks about how to avoid damage to eyes and other organs with Diabetes. He explains that much relates to 'tight' blood glucose control. He also talks about issues which can occur when you quickly try to improve blood glucose control.