Diabetes type 1

• Insulin is a protein that is digested in the stomach
• Insulin is injected to get into the blood
• Be careful with the levels of carbohydrates you eat
• Regular meals are important
• Exercise is important
• Insulin injections treat diabetes but do not cure it
• Insulin must be injected every day
• There may be ways to not take insulin injections
• A pancreas transplant is difficult and not enough pancreas donors are available
• Patients who receive a pancreas transplant have to take immunosuppressants