Also known as young-onset diabetes because it often before the age of onset in 35, accounting for 10% of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes rely on insulin treatment, that is to say from the onset to start patients on the need to use insulin therapy, and life-long use. The reason is that patients with type 1 diabetes the pancreas produce insulin, the body of the cell has been completely damaged, and thus have completely lost the function of insulin.
Absolute lack of insulin in the body, the blood sugar level will continue to rise, there diabetes.
Insulin was found in 1921 in the past, people have no better way to lower blood sugar in diabetic patients, most patients died soon after in the incidence of various complications of diabetes. With the discovery and application of insulin-clinical, in patients with type 1 diabetes, like normal people can enjoy the same health and life expectancy.
April 19, 2009
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