Subcutaneous antihistamine injection is effective to control a local allergic reaction to human insulin

Sumihisa Imakado; Kazutoshi Hamada; Yoshihito Atsumi

doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2009.05.013

Subcutaneous antihistamine injection is effective to control a local allergic reaction to human insulin

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2009 Sep;85(3):e42-3. doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.05.013. Epub 2009 Jun 10.

Authors

Sumihisa Imakado, Kazutoshi Hamada, Yoshihito Atsumi

PMID: 19520450
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.05.013

Abstract

A 31-year-old woman, having a type-1 diabetes and an insulin allergy, was successfully treated with a subcutaneous antihistamine injection to the next continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion site.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / drug therapy*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / immunology
Drug Hypersensitivity / drug therapy*
Drug Hypersensitivity / pathology
Female
Histamine Antagonists / administration & dosage
Histamine Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Humans
Injections, Subcutaneous
Insulin / adverse effects*
Pruritus / chemically induced
Pruritus / drug therapy
Pruritus / pathology
Recombinant Proteins / adverse effects*
Skin / drug effects
Skin / immunology
Skin / pathology

Substances

Histamine Antagonists
Insulin
Recombinant Proteins