Bent Needles: Another Problem in Glycemic Control
- Antonio C. Bossi1 and
- Eunice O. Ansah, MBCHB2
- 1Department of Internal Medicine and Diabetes, Treviglio Hospital, Treviglio, Italy
- 2Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana, and the Metabolic Diseases and Diabetes Unit, Treviglio Hospital, Treviglio, Italy
- Corresponding author: Antonio C. Bossi, diabetologia{at}ospedale.treviglio.bg.it
Achieving and maintaining tight glycemic control has been the aim of modern diabetologists in the bid to prevent long-term complications of diabetes. In spite of advancement in insulin therapy and devices for its administration (syringes, pens, and needles) making insulin more acceptable to patients, there still remain a few setbacks to treatment efficacy. We report two cases of bent needles as a major contributor to poor glycemic control in patients on insulin therapy (1,2).
B.S., a 51-year-old male truck driver with type 2 diabetes, was on oral hypoglycemics …
