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The Accu-Chek Academy contains information specifically for healthcare professionals that have a keen interest in diabetes management.
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This section is for under 18's and contains a great interactive tool to help you and your family learn more about diabetes.
Managing Diabetes- The interactive web tool for children and families. It may be helpful to look at this section with your parents at first.
Insulin Pump Therapy
An insulin pump is an alternative therapy for people with diabetes who are being treated with an intensive insulin regime using a syringe or a pen and regularly measure their blood glucose. An insulin pump replaces the injections. It is worn externally on the body, e.g. on a belt.
Approximately 250,000 people worldwide are currently being treated with an insulin pump. Learn more about the basics of pump therapy and the funtionality of Accu-Chek insulin pumps on the following pages.
A device worn by a person with diabetes to deliver insulin under the skin 24 hours a day.
Understanding How the Pump Works
The pancreas versus the pump
The pancreas of a person without diabetes regularly releases small quantities of insulin into the body every 6 to 12 minutes to regulate blood glucose levels. The amount of insulin released varies with each individual’s internal clock, as well as factors such as physical activity, metabolism, stress and illness. When a person eats, the pancreas releases an extra surge of insulin to regulate blood glucose levels. Insulin pump therapy is a treatment that closely mimics the action of the pancreas, providing a constant supply of insulin to the body and extra doses as they are needed.
Pump therapy versus injection therapy
In contrast to insulin pump therapy, conventional insulin injection therapy does not mimic the action of the pancreas. A blanket injection of long-acting insulin may not correspond to the body’s varying needs during the course of the day—and those using this technique may be forced to plan meals and other aspects of life according to their injection schedules. Intensive injection therapy, involving multiple daily injections of long- and intermediate-acting insulin, is an improvement over conventional injection therapy but does not provide the continuous insulin delivery of an insulin pump which most closely mirrors the release of insulin in a person without diabetes. Accu-Chek pumps deliver pre-programmed basal insulin every 3 minutes.
480 precise doses of insulin every day with Accu-Chek pumps
Four doses just can’t measure up. The four daily doses of insulin that the average person on intensive injection therapy receives just can’t match the precision of 480 doses per day—one dose every three minutes—delivered by an Accu-Chek® Combo insulin pump. Pump therapy gives you frequent doses of fast-acting insulin, all day and night. The rate of your basal delivery can be tailored to your body’s metabolic needs - sleep, exercise and eat with greater flexibility and peace of mind. Your pump can be programmed to deliver bolus doses of insulin before meals or snacks to compensate for your calorie intake. You can determine the precise amount and timing of each bolus.
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Use this interactive tool to discover what insulin pump therapy can do for you.
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Diabetes and Pregnancy
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 The first bolus advisor system for people on multiple daily insulin injections. For easy, flexible and accurate bolus calculations. |
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