Is type 1 diabetes fatal?

After diabetes diagnosis, many type 1 and type 2 diabetics worry about their life expectancy. Death is never a pleasant subject but it's human nature to want ... such as the heart, kidneys, eyes and nerves in particular. In some cases, short term complications such as hypoglycemia and diabetic ketoacidosis can also be fatal. read more

Left untreated, type 1 diabetes is uniformly fatal within weeks of months. With careful management, it becomes a manageable chronic illness. People rarely die of type 1 diabetes, but some conditions (heart disease etc) are commoners in diabetics so there is some impact on longevity. read more

While type 2 diabetes is often preventable, type 1 diabetes mellitus is not. 1 Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system destroys cells in the pancreas. Typically, the disease first appears in childhood or early adulthood. read more

How soon diabetes was diagnosed, the progress of diabetic complications and whether one has other existing conditions will all contribute to one’s life expectancy - regardless of whether the person in question has type 1 or type 2 diabetes. read more

In type 1 diabetes, the pancreas is unable to produce any insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar levels. 2,3 Insulin production becomes inadequate for the control of blood glucose levels due to the gradual destruction of beta cells in the pancreas. read more