Insulin Pump

Insulin Pump and
Continuous Glucose Monitoring System (CGMS)

About Pump therapy

Living with diabetes is 24/7. But it doesn't have to be a lifetime of multiple daily injections, regimented meal plans and unpredictable highs and lows. With insulin pump therapy you no longer have to arrange your schedule around insulin injections meals. You can sleep late, eat when you want or enjoy a last minute run. Pumping puts spontaneity back in your life and YOU back in control!

How a Pump Works

Insulin Pump are beeper-size devices that contain a cartridge filled with rapid-acting insulin. They have a screen and buttons for programming the pump's internal computer and a precise motor that pushes insulin from the cartridge through a tube and into your body. Insulin pumps closes mimic the human pancreas by automatically releasing small amounts of rapid-acting insulin (in tenths or hundredths of a unit) every few minutes. This is called the basal rate. The basal rate keeps your blood sugar steady between meals. When food is eaten, the patient sets the pump to deliver the amount of insulin needed-called a bolus-to cover the total food consumed. This is accomplished by just a few button presses.

Advantages of Pump Therapy

A Pump can offer you greater control, more predictability and increased flexibility. With pump therapy you can...

• Control your blood sugar with only rapid acting insulin
• automatically regulate your insulin to accommodate dawn phenomenon
• adjust your insulin so you do not have to eat before exercising
• increase your insulin temporarily to cover times of illness, stress or just a long trip in the car
• travel across different time zones with ease. And when you eat or snack, a few button presses will cover as much or as little as you eat!

Who is a candidate for the Pump?

• People who take insulin
• People who have frequent problems with low or high blood sugar
• People who have difficult maintaining control over their blood sugar despite their best efforts
• Women who are pregnant of are planning to get pregnant
• People who travel frequently or have unpredictable schedules
• People who play sprots or are regularly active (i.e., runners, hikers, bicyclists, skaters, etc.)
• Teenagers undergoing physical changes
• People who are very motivated to maintain tight control
• People who want the most control over their schedule

Things to Consider

• Checking blood sugar more frequently : Pump users must be willing to check their blood sugar at least four times a day. This will give you the information needed to make good blood sugar decisions.
• Being attached : Some people are concerned about being "attached" to a device 24/7. This is probably the single largest obstacle most people face when considering pump therapy. Although a concern, the overwhelming majority of people who initiate pump therapy never go back to injections. In fact, most pumpers will tell you that their biggest regret is that they didn't start pumping sooner.

Is the Pump Right for you?

Only you and your diabetes team can determine the best way to manage your diabetes. However, if the flexibility of the pump is appealing to you, consider the points below. This section also includes another list of questions that you can use to talk to your physician or diabetes team about going on pump therapy

Now that you have enough information to make an informed decision about pump therapy, you can being the process of obtaining a pump. If you have any questions regarding to get staring the insulin pump, please feel free to call.

For more information, please contact
Bangkok Diabetes and Endocrine Center
Tel. 02-755-1129, 02-755-1130
Contact Center (24 hrs.) Tel. 02 310 3344
Email : info@bangkokhospital.com