Type 1 diabetes develops when the body can no longer produce sufficient insulin, the hormone needed for cells to convert glucose to energy. It is called an autoimmune disease, because the body's own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Untreated, type 1 diabetes is soon fatal. People with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin artificially, either through injection or with a device known as an insu...
Type 1 diabetes develops when the body can no longer produce sufficient insulin, the hormone needed for cells to convert glucose to energy. It is called an autoimmune disease, because the body's own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. Untreated, type 1 diabetes is soon fatal. People with type 1 diabetes need to take insulin artificially, either through injection or with a device known as an insulin pump. Additional information on this condition is available from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Federation website (www.jdrf.org).
The cause of type 1 diabetes has been investigated for several decades.
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