type 1 diabetes
noun
: a form of diabetes mellitus that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency in insulin secretion resulting from atrophy of the islets of Langerhans and causing hyperglycemia and a marked tendency toward ketoacidosis
called also insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, type 1 diabetes mellitus
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Proportionally, people with type 1 diabetes are more likely to develop end-stage kidney disease compared to people with type 2 diabetes.
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Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
Who Is a Pancreas Transplant For? People with type 1 diabetes are unable to produce enough (or any) insulin on their own.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 2 July 2024
Health Man apparently cured of type 1 diabetes following new stem cell therapy
One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
All people with type 1 diabetes will need to take insulin every day, but diabetes is a highly individual disease.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 14 June 2024
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Kashif J. Piracha, Verywell Health, 23 July 2024
Who Is a Pancreas Transplant For? People with type 1 diabetes are unable to produce enough (or any) insulin on their own.
—Laura Dorwart, Verywell Health, 2 July 2024
Health Man apparently cured of type 1 diabetes following new stem cell therapy
One patient’s surprising results have experts cautiously optimistic.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
All people with type 1 diabetes will need to take insulin every day, but diabetes is a highly individual disease.
—Amanda Gardner, Health, 14 June 2024
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type 1 diabetes
noun
: diabetes of a form that usually develops during childhood or adolescence and is characterized by a severe deficiency of insulin secretion resulting from atrophy of the islets of Langerhans and causing hyperglycemia and a marked tendency toward ketoacidosis
called also insulin-dependent diabetes, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, juvenile diabetes, juvenile-onset diabetes, type 1 diabetes mellitus
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