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Within this theme we will be looking in more detail at the clinical aspects of insulin and diabetes.

- T1: What is type 1 diabetes?
- T2: What is type 2 diabetes?
- T3: What are the other types of diabetes?
- T4: Why is insulin used in diabetes?
- T5: Insulin use in the treatment of hyperkalaemia
- T6: Why are there so many types of insulin available?
- T7: How are the insulins commonly classified?
- T8: Other ways of classifying insulins
- T9: When are different insulins used together?
- T10: Physical barriers to insulin effectiveness
- T11: Metabolic factors that can affect the action of insulin
- T12: Psychological and behavioural reasons
- T13: Hypoglycaemia
- T14: Weight gain
- T15: Allergic reactions
- T16: Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA)