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.

• Newly diagnosed: things to help
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• 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