type 1 diabetes
Autoimmune pancreatic failure
Type 1 diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin, the hormone that regulates blood sugar.
Unlike type 2 diabetes, which develops gradually and is often linked to lifestyle factors, type 1 typically appears in childhood or adolescence and results from the immune system attacking insulin-producing cells.
People with type 1 diabetes require lifelong insulin therapy: She's managed her type 1 diabetes since age eight.
- hypoglycemiaInsufficient blood glucose
- insulin therapyAdministered hormone replacing pancreatic function
- islets of LangerhansPancreatic endocrine cell clusters
- autoimmune disorderBody's defenses attack itself
- autoimmune diseaseMisdirected immunity causing illness
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- Hormone Disordershyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, acromegaly, gigantism, dwarfism
- Autoimmunityautoimmunity, autoantibodies, self-tolerance, lupus, multiple sclerosis
- chronic conditionsheart disease, asthma, arthritis, hypertension, COPD
- diabetesblood sugar, insulin pump, insulin resistance, glucose, A1C
- endocrinehormones, thyroid, pituitary, adrenal, parathyroid
- Childhood Conditionsasthma, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, cerebral palsy, sickle cell
type 1 diabetestype 2 diabetes
Chronic insulin resistance condition
adult-onset diabetes · insulin resistance · metabolic syndrome · gestational diabetes · prediabetes