Keywords: An insulin syringe is gradated in International Units where 100iu equals 1ml. While insulin is essential to replace low or absent levels found in diabetes mellitus, it should always be remembered too much at once will cause dangerously low levels of glucose in the blood. This condition is referred to as hypoglycaemia and if immediately life threatening. In the US, hypoglycaemia is spelt as hypoglycemia I think. An insulin syringe is gradated in International Units where 100iu equals 1ml. While insulin is essential to replace low or absent levels found in diabetes mellitus, it should always be remembered too much at once will cause dangerously low levels of glucose in the blood. This condition is referred to as hypoglycaemia and if immediately life threatening. In the US, hypoglycaemia is spelt as hypoglycemia I think. |