Insulin is a
hormone made by an organ in the body called the pancreas. The pancreas lies
just behind the stomach. If your pancreas are not making enough insulin you
will need to take man made insulin.
The function of insulin is to help our
bodies use glucose for energy. Everyone with Type 1, and some people with Type
2 diabetes, needs to take insulin to control their blood glucose levels.
There is 3 groups of insulin
There are 3
groups of insulin – animal, human (not from humans but it is man made to match
human insulin) and analogues (where the chemical structure of human insulin has
been changed to make the insulin work quicker or last longer).
Nowadays, most people use human insulin and
insulin analogues, although a small number of people still use animal insulin
because they have some evidence that they otherwise lose their awareness of
hypos, or they find animal insulin works better for them.
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