General Background

The question everyone asks is what is Type 1 Diabetes? Well, the proper answer to that is Type 1 Diabetes, also known as Juvenile Diabetes even though Type 1 can occur at any age. It is also known as Insulin Dependent Diabetes. In this illness, the pancreas produces produce little or no insulin, a hormone needed to allow sugar to enter cells to produce energy.

A main thing needed to know about Type 1 Diabetes is that since the pancreas produces no insulin, you have to inject the insulin manually or with a machine in order for Sugar (Glucose) to enter the cells.

Now if you have Type 1 Diabetes, and you just leave the illness untreated then it can have many life threating outcomes. These things can affect your life in many different ways. Some of these things would be an Eye Disease, Nerve Damage, Heart and Kidney Damage, Sugar problems, and much more. I know I wouldn't want to live through having these things, so I would get checked at least once or twice a year just to be sure.

This is Type 1 Diabetes in one picture.