2024年3月27日 · Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes, is a chronic condition. In this condition, the pancreas makes little or no insulin. Insulin is a hormone the body uses to allow sugar (glucose) to enter cells to produce energy.

2022年3月9日 · Type 1 diabetes is a chronic (life-long) autoimmune disease that prevents your pancreas from making insulin. It requires daily management with insulin injections and blood sugar monitoring. Both children and adults can be diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes is caused by the destruction of β-cells—the only cells in the body that produce insulin—and the consequent progressive insulin deficiency. Without insulin, the body cannot respond effectively to increases in blood sugar.

2024年2月29日 · The main difference between Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes is whether you make insulin naturally. People with Type 1 diabetes don’t make insulin on their own.

2024年4月19日 · Type 1 diabetes happens when your immune system destroys cells in your pancreas that make insulin. Learn more about the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatment, and complications of type 1...

2024年3月27日 · It measures the amount of blood sugar attached to the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells (hemoglobin). The higher the blood sugar levels, the more hemoglobin you'll have with sugar attached. An A1C level of 6.5% or higher on …

2024年5月15日 · Type 1 diabetes was once called insulin-dependent or juvenile diabetes. It often develops in children, teens, and young adults, but it can happen at any age. Type 1 diabetes is less common than type 2 —about 5-10% of people with diabetes have type 1.