Diabetes Type 1

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All forms of diabetes deal with the body's inability to transfer glucose (sugar) from the blood to cells in the body, resulting in high blood glucose levels. In Diabetes Type 1, the body's pancreas no longer produces enough, or any, insulin. People with diabetes type 1 need to take insulin injections to replace what the pancreas is not making. (Diabets Type 1 is also known as insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus as the presence of this disease is contingent upon the presence of insulin.)