Unusual Presentation of Injection Site Adverse Effect
Sahasrabudhe, R.; Limaye, T.; Gokhale, V.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 65(11): 96-97
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 29322722 Document Number: 693630
Insulin is an integral part of Type 1 diabetes management. Patient education is of utmost importance to ensure proper injection technique for getting appropriate glycaemic control and to avoid injection site adverse effects. Commonest injection site adverse effect is lipodystrophy.1 We present a case where incorrect injection technique led to an unusual presentation of injection site adverse effect, which is resolving after correction of the injection technique.