Found blisters surrounding my infusion site, what are these from?

Type 1 and LADA
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I’m on day 2 of an infusion site change and tonight noticed blisters surrounding the infusion site. I use quik sets, and the blisters surround the circle of tape. I’ve never had these before. I rotate my sites every 3 days.

Anyone have such a thing happen to them? Thoughts? I’m not sure if I’ve got some sort of infection and the blisters are just part of an infection, or if its something else.

Any ideas will help!

Thanks

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Every once in a while I will get a blister around or close to my infusion site, and the doctor told me it was due to the adhesive that holds my pod uses. It doesn’t happen every time just every now and then. I don’t think it’s because you have an infection just watch it and see if the blister goes away, mine would go away in a week. If it really worries you call your doctor, but I would just see if it happens again. Your skin might be sensitive right now.

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Thanks! I’ve never had these before in the 11 years on a pump, so I’m a bit freaked out! I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing and see how it goes over the weekend. I appreciate your quick response

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I've been pumping for about 10+ years (Animas and Dexcom with Inset infusion sets and Minimed 723 with Quick-sets.)
Saturday, I noticed my infusion set was loose and changed it. I normally insert after a shower and don't use any alcohol or IV prep wipes. Saturday I was a little dirty from camping and forget if I used an alcohol wipe. Sunday I removed the site and took off skin about the size of a peanut (I assume from a blister), and had a blister opposite that.

I don't know exactly what caused the blisters, but I can say it was a first in 10+ years.

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A clean infusion site is a critical factor.

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I'd totally forgotten about this issue until new replies showed up. I've never had the issue again. Still have no idea why I had them this one time.

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I was going to reply that you should probably change your infusion set, but then I saw the original post was from 2009. I suspect you’ve already changed it…

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Well, it wasn't exactly blisters, but a short time after I started using a pump with quicksets, I started developing a rash at the site. Didn't happen right away, but gradually started happening every once in a while, then every time. Apparently I devloped an allergy to the adhesive. Started using Tegaderm patches first, then inserting the quickset through the patch, and that solved the problem.

Ruth