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Itchy Bumps (like Spider Bites) After Injecting Insulin
A DiabetesTeam Member asked a question 💭

I've been on insulin for about 2 years now. I'm 23. Recently I started noticing that I'm very itchy after injection, and there are bumps like what you would expect an insect bite to look like. I understand that a bump at the injection site is normal however what I find strange is I have very itchy bumps on the opposite side of my stomach from where I injected. I change injection sites every so often. I injected on the left side of my stomach and the old sites on my right sorta flared up… read more

posted December 5, 2022
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A DiabetesTeam Member

You need one of our Type 1's to chime in - perhaps @A DiabetesTeam Member has some insight.

A allergic reaction (usually to the preservative in the insulin and not the actual insulin) would show up at the injection site, but still something you may want to have the Doc take a look at.

Maybe it is "spiders" 😆

posted December 5, 2022
A DiabetesTeam Member

https://diabetestalk.net/insulin/insulin-inject...

posted December 6, 2022
A DiabetesTeam Member

Prick ur stomach & thighs

posted December 10, 2022

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