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What's Type 1 Diabetes? (Video)

Medically reviewed by: Melanie L. Pitone, MD and Larissa Hirsch, MD

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What's Type 1 Diabetes?

A person who has type 1 diabetes can’t use glucose (the body’s main type of sugar) for energy. That’s because their body stopped making the hormone insulin.