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If you refrigerate insulin at this temperature, it will become useless

If you refrigerate insulin at this temperature, it will become useless

Research dealing with the analysis of the temperature at which people keep insulin has caused real alarm

Researchers have found that most people make mistakes and damage the insulin which then does not have the same effect on the hormones.

People suffering from type 1 diabetes must take insulin injections in order to survive. While people who have type 2 diabetes can control their disease with good lifestyle habits and medication, most of them use insulin to regulate their blood sugar levels.


Insulin is very important because it helps cells access glucose and use it for energy. Without it, some people's blood sugar can become too high and cause hyperglycemia.

Most do not get the maximum effect of the therapy because they store insulin at the wrong temperature in home refrigerators, which reduces its effect.

Insulin must be stored in a refrigerator at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius in order to be effective.

If you carry it with you, then it will be at a temperature of 2 to 30 degrees Celsius, Telegrafi reports.

To show that people keep their insulin well, meters were placed in the homes of 388 patients diagnosed with diabetes.

Measurements have reached the base through applications, while the results have shown that even in 11 percent of cases, insulin has been stored at the wrong temperature for about 2 hours and 34 minutes a day.

The insulin that the patient carried with him was at the wrong temperature for only 8 minutes during the day.

Cooling was a problem in 17 percent of cases, because the temperature was around zero degrees.

Doctors warn that patients must pay special attention to storage, because if they are forced to take insulin several times a day, it can be a big problem because the action of insulin is reduced. /Telegraph/

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