Insulet Corporation 019 Manuale Utente

Never ignore these symptoms:
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Shakiness

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Fatigue

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Unexplained sweating

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Cold, clammy skin

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Weakness

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Blurred vision or a headache

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Sudden hunger

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Rapid heart rate

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Confusion

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Tingling in the lips or tongue

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Anxiety

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Work with your healthcare provider to establish individual-

ized blood glucose targets and guidelines.

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Keep a fast-acting carbohydrate with you at all times to 
respond quickly to low blood glucose. Examples of fast-
acting carbs are glucose tablets, hard candies or juice.

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Teach your friends, family members and colleagues to 

recognize the signs of hypoglycemia, so they can help if you 
develop hypoglycemia unawareness or a severe adverse 
reaction.

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Keep a glucagon injection kit with your emergency supplies. 

Teach friends and family members how to give a glucagon 

injection in case you have severe hypoglycemia and become 
unconscious.

 

Hypoglycemia unawareness is a condition in which 
you do not realize when your blood glucose level is 
low. If you are prone to hypoglycemia unawareness, 
you may want to use the mylife OmniPod System’s 
blood glucose reminder and check your blood glu-
cose more frequently. See “Alerts and Reminders” in 
Chapter 6, Using the Personal Diabetes Manager, for 
how to set the reminder.

Make sure your blood glucose is at least 100 mg/dL 
before driving or working with dangerous machinery 
or equipment. Hypoglycemia may cause you to lose 
control of a car or dangerous equipment. Also, when 
you focus intently on a task, you may miss the symp-
toms of hypoglycemia.

Periodically check the expiration date of your glucagon 
kit to make sure it has not expired.