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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?

Pancreas or islet transplant

The pancreas is the part of the body that should produce insulin, and islets are the cells in the pancreas that do this.

A pancreas or islet transplant allows the body to produce its own insulin again. You may be assessed for this in a specialist centre if:

  • you keep having severe hypos that do not improve with other treatments or

  • you have had a kidney transplant and are having problems with your diabetes, particularly hypos.

This page was last updated: 29 June 2022


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