What are diabetes?Diabetes are a metabolic disease in which the body can not produce any or enough insulin that causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood stream.
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What are type 1 diabetes?Type 1 diabetes is an immune disorder in which the body that destroys the beta cells in the pancreas. Beta cells are the cells that produce insulin. Since the body can't produce insulin, the glucose stays in the blood and damages the organ systems.
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