Illness name: type 1 diabetes

  • Original languages: English

Description:

Type 1 diabetes

Get NHS advice about type 1 diabetes, including symptoms and getting diagnosed, managing insulin, blood glucose levels and carbohydrates, and living with type 1 diabetes.

Top tasks in Type 1 diabetes

  • Newly diagnosed: things to help
  • Get support

  • About type 1 diabetes

    Symptoms and getting diagnosed, things to help when newly diagnosed, and type 1 diabetes in children

  • Managing insulin

    Information and advice about insulin, when your treatment might change and insulin pumps

  • Managing blood glucose levels

    Hypos, hypers, sharing blood glucose data with your team, and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and flash

  • Learning to count carbohydrates

    Information and advice about counting carbohydrates and doing a type 1 diabetes course

  • Living with type 1 diabetes

    Avoiding complications, everyday life such as travel, driving and exercise, and life events such as pregnancy

More information and advice

  • Online courses and advice from My Type 1 Diabetes
    mytype1diabetes.nhs.uk
  • Help and advice for children and young people on DigiBete
    www.digibete.org

Related conditions

  • Type 2 diabetes