Type 1 diabetes can begin at any age, but usually begins in children or young adults. Type 1 diabetes is when the pancreas makes little or no insulin. This is caused by an immune response. People with Type 1 diabetes typically need to take insulin shots, use an insulin inhaler or be on an insulin pump.

You may have heard this type of diabetes referred to as “insulin-dependent diabetes” or “juvenile-onset diabetes,” but Type 1 diabetes is now the most commonly used name in the medical community.

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These materials were adapted from Life with Diabetes: A Series of Teaching Outlines, American Diabetes Association, 2000, Diabetes Care, Volume 27, Supplement 1, January 2004 and Diabetes Forecast, January 2006. Byetta package label., and Symlin package label.