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Is type 1 diabetes a bacterial infection?
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No: It is considered as autoimmune disease.
Answered 12/9/2013
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No: Diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the body makes antibodies which attack the pancreas until it is dead. It is not unusual for a viral or bacterial infection to immediately precede the presentation of diabetes, but this is not the main pathophysiology.
Answered 9/8/2014
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