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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the insulin producing beta cells within the pancreas are gradually destroyed and eventually fail to produce insulin. This makes the blood sugar level very high and causes health problems that can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves or heart. Type 1 diabetes can't be prevented. Physicians can't even tell who will get it and who won't.

Did You Know?

  • Type 1 diabetes accounts for only 5 percent to 10 percent of all cases of diabetes.

  • Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that affects 0.3% of the worlds population.

  • Type 1 diabetes was formerly called juvenile diabetes,because it is frequently diagnosed in childhood.

  • Type 1 diabetes is lethal unless treated with insulin injections/pump.

  • Type 1 diabetes has no known cure.


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