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Type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body destroys the pancreas’s insulin-producing beta cells.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body destroys the pancreas’s insulin-producing beta cells. This leads to too little insulin and high blood sugar, and it can cause serious short-term and long-term health complications.