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Type 1 diabetes mellitus or juvenile diabetes or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, is a metabolic disease that is characterized by a selective destruction of pancreatic ß cells, causing an absolute deficiency of insulin. It differs from the type usually given by 2 before age 30 but can occur at any age .. only 1 in 20 people with diabetes have type 1 diabetes, which is more often in young children. The administration of insulin in these patients is essential. sorts is in cases Autoimmune and idiopathic, was found among all ethnic groups, but its highest incidence is among people of northern Europe and Sardinia. The susceptibility to contracting appear to be associated with multiple genetic factors, although only 15-20% of patients have a positive family history.
Main feature is the inability of the body to produce insulin, the hormone that enables the use of glucose from the body s cells.
