Type 1 Diabetes

Type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, occurs when your body produces little or no insulin. Learn about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and more.

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All Hyperglycemia Glucose Monitoring
Pediatrician checks young patient's blood sugar levels
What to Include in Your Child's School Diabetes Medical Management Plan
woman experiencing shortness of breath
Diabetes and Shortness of Breath: What's the Cause?
A female diabetes healthcare specialist with a young diabetes patient, testing his blood sugar levels
Helping Your Child Manage Type 1 Diabetes at School
Dilated pupil/blue eye.
What Is a Diabetes Eye Exam?
A blood glucose measurement is being performed on July 28, 2020 in Pfullendorf, Germany.
What Are the Three P's of Diabetes?
Young adult man with cold, flu, running nose holding tea and looking at medication instructions
Why You Get High Blood Sugar When You’re Sick and What to Do About It
Female nurse is taking blood of a senior patient at hospital
What Happens When A1C Is Too High?
high blood sugar
How To Lower Blood Sugar Immediately
woman having breakfast
What Are Normal Blood Sugar Levels After Eating?
Woman at a table taking her blood sugar level with a pen
Why It's Important to Monitor Glucose Levels
Worried senior man working at laptop
Can Stress Cause High Blood Sugar? What You Need to Know
A man showing a tired expression while working from home
Does High Blood Sugar Make You Tired?
woman touching painful leg
How Untreated Diabetes Affects Your Body
Women in bed in the morning drinking water
How to Lower Morning Blood Sugar Without Medication
woman with a headache
What Causes Ketoacidosis?
Young woman having online meeting with female healthcare provider
What to Know About Telehealth for Type 1 Diabetes
thirsty woman with glass of water
Symptoms of Ketoacidosis
Blood sample tube for ketone test
What Is Ketoacidosis?
Girl getting a vaccine
Can Vaccines for Viruses Prevent Type 1 Diabetes?
Checking blood glucose and ketones for diabetic ketoacidosis
What Is Diabetic Ketoacidosis?
Blood tests to be analyzed for anion gap
What Is an Anion Gap?
Person wearing an insulin pump
Do You Have Lipohypertrophy and What Can You Do About It?
Basqimi (glucagon nasal powder)
Is Baqsimi Better Than Glucagon Emergency Kits?
Young woman drinking bottle of water, outdoors, side view
Why Am I Drinking So Much Water?
Running with an insulin pump
What You Need to Know to Run Safely With Type 1 Diabetes
Glucose Level Blood Test
Why Diabetes Is Not All the Same
Taking a break mid-run
Your Guide to Exercise and Type 1 Diabetes
man testing blood sugar
What You Should Know About Diabetes Discrimination at Work
lab tests
Islet Cell Transplant for Type 1 Diabetes: A Step Toward a Cure?
Woman holding insulin syringe
Do You Know What Rapid-Acting Insulin Is?
Girl wearing insulin pump and sensor device.
How a Sensor-Augmented Insulin Pump (SAP) Works
Woman injecting herself with insulin
An Overview of Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA)
External insulin pump
What Are the Pros and Cons of Insulin Pump Therapy?
Parenting a Teenager With Type 1 Diabetes
insulin and syringe
How to store opened and unopened insulin vials, pens and cartridges
Doctor showing young patient how to use diabetes pen
How Type 1 Diabetes Is Diagnosed
Diabetic patient testing her blood at the beach
What to Know When Traveling With Type 1
Woman alone looking through window
What It's Like to Live with Type 1 Diabetes
Woman checking her insulin pump
How Type 1 Diabetes Is Treated
Doctor showing young patient how to use diabetes pen
Understanding Type 1 Diabetes
Cheerful eye doctor is working with a patient
Understanding the Complications of Type 1 Diabetes
thyroid tests, blood tests, TSH test, thyroid stimulating hormone test
How to Recognize a Reading That Warrants a Call to Your Doctor
Sportswoman checking pulse
How to Work Out With Type 1 Diabetes
Jay Cutler
Famous People With Type 1 Diabetes
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This Is What the Pancreas Actually Does
Female nurse with male patient in hospital
Avoiding Hyperglycemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome
Woman doing insulin injection
Tips for Safely Choosing an Insulin Injection Site
Person using a diabetes pen
What to Know About Type 1 Diabetes and COVID-19
Osteoporosis
How Diabetes Can Contribute to Bone Disease
Boy checking his blood sugar
What Is Diabetes Mellitus?
Diabetic girl using blood glucose meter
10 Steps for Using a Glucometer
Woman checks blood sugar levels.
New Treatment Options for Diabetes
Doctor discussing symptoms and test results with patient
Watch for These Early and Sometimes Subtle Diabetes Symptoms
These late nights are not working for me
Managing Diabetes and Shift Work
Woman checking blood sugar level and using mobile phone in train
Livongo: Telehealth Improving Diabetes Management
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Are You More Likely to Get Diabetes if It Runs in Your Family?
The feet of man with diabetes, dull and swollen.
The Link Between Diabetes and Joint Pain
Man checking sugar level with glucometer
Why are CDE's now CDCES's?
Woman with headache and pain holding head while sitting down
Why Autoimmune Diseases are More Common in Women
Doctor Examining Patients Thyroid
Why Thyroid Disease and Diabetes May Occur Together