Type 1 diabetes: What you need to know

https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/type-1-diabetes-what-you-need-to-know?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery More than 37 million Americans have diabetes, which causes high blood sugar. Normally, your body produces insulin, a hormone that helps regulate levels of blood glucose, also called blood sugar. With diabetes, your body either can’t produce enough insulin or can’t properly use the insulin it does produce. For people with type 1 diabetes, the immune system destroys cells in the pancreas that make insulin. This causes sugar to build up in