multiple daily injections, which involves injecting a long acting form of insulin once or twice a day, plus fast acting insulin at each mealtime.
In between mealtimes, they also have the option of injecting “correction doses” of fast acting insulin if their blood sugar levels rise too high.However, repeated dosing errors over time increase a person’s risk of progressive damage to their eyesight, nervous system, and kidneys, and an acute episode of hypoglycemia can lead to coma or even death. Diabetes specialists at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland say that several factors can lead to people giving themselves too much or too little insulin.