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07-04-2006, 07:43 AM
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| | | To pinch up or not to pinch up?
Should I pinch up my skin before injecting? I pinch up but I hear others don't. Am a bit baffled 
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07-04-2006, 07:54 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Jose, CA
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Originally Posted by Georgia Should I pinch up my skin before injecting? I pinch up but I hear others don't. Am a bit baffled |
When I used to give myself shots before pumping I'd pinch slightly just to give the skin enough tautness for the needle to make it's way easily through the skin. Try both methods and use whichever is the most comfortable for you. |
07-04-2006, 08:08 AM
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| | | Always pinch up. That way you'll inject into subcutaneous fat, rather than a vein or a muscle, which will give you all sorts of problems. |
07-04-2006, 08:09 AM
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| | | I used to but I rarely do now.
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07-04-2006, 08:11 AM
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| | | I thought there was a reason to pinch up. Does the size of the needle have anything to do with it? I use the 0.25 x 8mm. Thanks
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07-04-2006, 08:32 AM
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| | | pinching means you get into the fat layer and not the muscle.
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07-04-2006, 08:37 AM
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| | | When I was on MDI I pinched every shot I gave myself
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07-04-2006, 08:45 AM
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| | Thanks guys - glad I'm doing the jabs correctly after all 
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07-04-2006, 08:47 AM
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| | | With 8mm needles you'll need to pinch. You might be able to get away with not pinching with 5mm. |
07-04-2006, 08:48 AM
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| | | Ah that explains it - ta.
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07-04-2006, 09:58 AM
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| | | I pinched in the beginning but then stopped, especially when I moved from 2 shots a day to MDI. With MDI I usually gace my meal insulin right through my clothes, so it was impossible to pinch. Sometimes I'd remember with my long acting insulin shots, but rarely.
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07-04-2006, 10:12 AM
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| | | I tend to pinch up in my legs, but arms and bum are just that bit more difficult |
07-04-2006, 10:34 AM
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| | With the 5mm you can do a no-pinch injection. All other lengths it is usually recommended to pinch.
Some might find this interesting: http://www.bddiabetes.com/us/forprof...guidelines.pdf
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07-04-2006, 10:51 AM
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| | | I'm new at injecting and my tummy has bruises the size of silver dollars all over it now. I'm doing something wrong, obviously. There's no pain when I inject. Just those ugly splotches of bruise.
And I pinch. The doc told me that was the way. |
07-04-2006, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Jinx13 I'm new at injecting and my tummy has bruises the size of silver dollars all over it now. I'm doing something wrong, obviously. There's no pain when I inject. Just those ugly splotches of bruise.
And I pinch. The doc told me that was the way. | coudl you try using shorter needles? that might help some?
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