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Please share a myth about type 1 diabetes.
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Ignore: There is no myth. The treatment is good and the insulin pumps are getting better every year.
Answered 12/23/2014
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Ignore: Acquiring Type 1 diabetes is not the fault of the patient. It's an autoimmune disease.
Answered 4/17/2019
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