Type 1 diabetes, wanda a da ake kira insulin-dogara ciwon sukari, yawanci yana bayyana a ƙuruciya ko ƙuruciya. An fi bayyana ta da tsananin ƙishirwa da kuma saurin rage nauyi.

Labari ne a cutar ta autoimmune : yana faruwa ne saboda lalacewar sel na rigakafi, wanda ke juyawa kan kwayoyin halitta da kansa musamman kuma yana lalata sel na pancreas da ake kira sel beta (an haɗa su a cikin tsibirin Langherans).

Koyaya, waɗannan sel suna da aiki mai mahimmanci: suna ɓoye insulin, hormone wanda ke ba da damar glucose (sukari) shiga sel jikin kuma a adana shi kuma a yi amfani da shi a can. Ba tare da insulin ba, glucose yana cikin jini kuma yana haifar da “hyperglycemia”, wanda zai iya haifar da mummunan sakamako na gajere da na dogon lokaci.

Iyakar hanyar magani don nau'in ciwon sukari na 1 shine saboda haka allurar insulin, da nufin rama lalata sel beta. Ana kuma kiran waɗannan alluran insulin insulinotherapie.