What Is Type 1 Diabetes?
Glucose is one of our main sources of energy, and we get it from the food that we eat. Once we have eaten food containing glucose, it will be absorbed into our bloodstream where it can then be transported to where it is needed. In order to be able to use the glucose for energy, however, there needs to be a type of hormone known as insulin.
If, for whatever reason, there is not enough insulin then the patient will be unable to process the sugar in their blood. This means the patient will struggle to get the energy that they need, and that the glucose will remain in their blood.
