{"id":753,"date":"2023-10-05T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/?post_type=avada_portfolio&#038;p=753"},"modified":"2025-05-30T14:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:03:57","slug":"my-type-1","status":"publish","type":"avada_portfolio","link":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/news\/educate\/my-type-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Treatment for type 1 diabetes &#8211; NHS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1310.4px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Main treatments for type 1 diabetes<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p data-block-key=\"5wyb4\">When you&#8217;re first diagnosed with type 1 diabetes you&#8217;ll be treated in hospital by a specialist diabetes team. They&#8217;ll show you how to treat your condition once you leave hospital.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8efrb\">The main treatment for type 1 diabetes is taking a medicine called insulin to manage your blood glucose (sugar) levels.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"4fg54\">To stay well, you&#8217;ll need to try to keep your blood glucose levels within a target range. You&#8217;ll be taught how to do this by checking your blood glucose regularly and adjusting your insulin doses.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"8l7t6\">Your diabetes care team will work with you to develop a care plan.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Further information<\/h2><\/div><div ><a class=\"fusion-button button-flat button-xlarge button-default fusion-button-default button-1 fusion-button-span-yes fusion-button-default-type\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhs.uk\/conditions\/type-1-diabetes\/treatment\/\"><span class=\"fusion-button-text awb-button__text awb-button__text--default\">Find out more<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2708,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"portfolio_category":[33,22],"portfolio_skills":[],"portfolio_tags":[],"class_list":["post-753","avada_portfolio","type-avada_portfolio","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-app","portfolio_category-type-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/753","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2871,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_portfolio\/753\/revisions\/2871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_skills","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_skills?post=753"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhsdorset.nhs.uk\/diabetes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tags?post=753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}