http://lifescan.ie en http://lifescan.ie/knowledge/article/background/type-one <h1>What is Type 1 diabetes?</h1> <p>Most people who are diagnosed with diabetes during their childhood or teenage years have Type 1 diabetes. The cells in their pancreas that produce insulin have been destroyed by a process called &ldquo;autoimmunity&rdquo; (when the body&rsquo;s cells attack each other). This eventually leads to a total loss of insulin production. Without insulin, blood glucose rises to potentially fatal levels. Type 1 diabetes is insulin-dependent, which means the condition must be treated with <a href="/type-two/article/diagnosis/why-me" title="Link to Insulin therapy: Why me?">insulin therapy</a>.</p> Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:08:07 +0000 siteadmin 15 at http://lifescan.ie