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Diabetes is an autoimmune disease. This means the immune system is defective and attacks or mediates an attack on the body’s healthy tissue and organs.
There are two types of diabetes: type 1 and type 2. In type 1 diabetes, which is usually diagnosed in children and young adults, the immune system attacks the islet cells of the pancreas (the cells in the body that produce insulin) and the body does not produce insulin. In type 2 diabetes, which is usually diagnosed in adults, the body does not produce enough insulin or the cells ignore the insulin.
In addition to the one to two million Americans with type 1 diabetes, approximately 30,000 individuals – mostly children – are newly diagnosed with the disease each year.
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