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Type 1 diabetes

We explain all you need to know

Type 1 diabetes means that the pancreas has stopped producing insulin. Insulin is produced by the pancreas and is a type of hormone. You have to replace this with injected insulin. This is vital to keep you alive and you have to take it every day.

Type 1 diabetes can develop at any age but usually appears before the age of 40, and especially in childhood.

Type 1 diabetes accounts for between 5 and 15 per cent of all people with diabetes and is treated by daily insulin injections, a healthy diet and regular physical activity.

Find out all you need to know about managing and treating Type 1 diabetes, including glucose testing, healthcare, food and diet, sport, relationships, coping at school or college and  transferring to adult clinics in me and my diabetes