See Also: type II diabetes(medicine)
type 2 diabetes(medicine)
Type 2 Diabetes(health)
Type 1 Diabetes(health)
diabetes, type 2(medicine)
diabetes, type 1(medicine)
Diabetes, type 2(health)
Diabetes, type 1(health)
type 1 diabetes(medicine)
type I diabetes(medicine)

Diabetes, type 1 (health)


An autoimmune disease that occurs when T cells attack and decimate the beta cells in the pancreas that are needed to produce insulin, so that the pancreas makes too little insulin (or no insulin). Without the capacity to make adequate amounts of insulin, the body is not able to metabolize blood glucose (sugar), to use it efficiently for energy, and toxic acids (called ketoacids) build up in the body. There is a genetic predisposition to type 1 diabetes.