It is important to know the signs of t1d

Some Early symptoms of T1D are

• Unwanted or unexplained weight loss

• frequent urination

• excessive thirst

• Less energy

• Blurry vision

• Stomach pain

• Nausea or vomiting

• Loss of consciousness

t1d facts:

• People Don’t know what causes T1d but they do know it has to do with genetics

• T1D is a chronic autoimmune disease, when the body’s immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that produces insulin

• T1D makes the body unable to produce insulin.

• Insulin is a hormone that regulates blood sugar, People with T1D inject insulin

• without insulin our body cannot use the Sugar in our blood to create energy

• without being able to use the sugar in our blood it builds up and people experience Diabetic KetoAcidosis (DKA)

• You can’t eat or exercise T1D away

• there is nothing anyone can do to prevent T1D

T1D Sastistics:

• Some 1.25 million Americans are living with T1D, including about 200,000 youth (less than 20 years old) and more than 1 million adults (20 years old and older).1,2,5

• 40,000 people are diagnosed each year in the U.S.1, 2

• 5 million people in the U.S. are expected to have T1D by 2050, including nearly 600,000 youth.2,3

• Between 2001 and 2009, there was a 21 percent increase in the prevalence of T1D in people under age 20.3

• In the U.S., there are $14 billion in T1D-associated healthcare expenditures and lost income annually.

• Less than one-third of people with T1D in the U.S. are consistently achieving target blood-glucose control levels.6

  1. CDC National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2014

  2. Impreatore, et al. 2012. Diab Care 35: 2515-2520

  3. Dabelea, et al. 2014. JAMA 311: 1778-1786

  4. Boyle, et al. 2010. Pop Health Metrics 8:29

  5. JDRF Estimations

  6. T1D exchange data

  7. Jama 2015; 313(1):1-9)