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Diabetes: An incredibly scary word that causes most people to cringe when heard; especially if it happens to be prevalent in an individual’s family history. If faced with the possibility of having diabetes the best thing to do is to become informed about the chronic disease by talking to a doctor, doing research on the internet or at the library, or perusing through a bookstore and buying a couple of books on the subject of diabetes. Being better informed will help an individual decide on the best way to take care of this chronic disease which has a couple of different types.
Type 1 diabetes is thought to be an autoimmune chronic disease in which the body's immune system attacks the insulin producing cells in the pancreas. Type 1 diabetes may run in families but is less likely to occur than in type 2. Environmental issues, for example, certain kinds of viral infections, can also contribute. Type 1 diabetes can be commonly found in people of non-Hispanic white individuals......

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