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: The [[insulin]] reduces the [[glucose]] [[concentration]] in their [[blood]].
: If a person with [[Type 1 Diabetes]] did not inject with [[insulin]] it could cause them to fall into a [[coma]].
: Over long periods of time too much [[glucose]] in the [[blood]] damages [[capillaries]] eventually leading to lack of [[blood]] flow to certain parts of the body, particularly [[limb]]slimbs, resulting in dead [[tissue]] which can become [[infected]]. If the [[infection]] becomes serious then the [[limb]] must be amputated.