Young girl prepares her insulin injection to help battle her diabetes. Young girl played by a model.


Most children with diabetes have type 1 diabetes Type 1 is classified as an autoimmune disease because the immune system kills the cells in the pancreas which produce insulin Once the child loses the ability to produce insulin they cannot process glucose sugars and these increase to dangerous levels in their blood This type of diabetes is not caused by obesity or diet and its exact cause is unknown


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