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Type 1 diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management

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  • Reference number: NG17
  • Published:  26 August 2015
  • Last updated:  17 August 2022
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  • Type 1 diabetes in adults: the care you should expect
  • Diagnosing type 1 diabetes
  • Your diabetes care team
  • Planning your early care
  • What your diabetes care team will do
  • Learning more about type 1 diabetes
  • Using insulin
  • Checking your own blood glucose, and target levels
  • Having your blood glucose checked: HbA1c
  • Diet and exercise
  • Hypos
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis
  • Pancreas or islet transplant
  • Long-term complications
  • Eye damage
  • Gum disease
  • Nerve problems
  • Foot problems
  • Kidney disease
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • High blood pressure
  • Care when you are in hospital
  • Terms explained
  • Where can I find out more?

Long-term complications

Having type 1 diabetes means that you are more likely to get a number of other health problems. You can help to prevent or delay these by keeping your blood glucose levels, blood pressure and blood fat levels as normal as possible.

This page was last updated: 29 June 2022


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