Being diabetic means constantly having to keep track of your blood sugar.
Anton Olsson in Karlskrona tells how he, for example, ended up in danger of death by drinking soft drinks when he thought it was ordinary soft drinks.
Type 1 diabetes is particularly common in Sweden and Finland, and over the past 30 years the disease has increased by almost 50 percent.
Why do not know.
November 14 is World Diabetes Day, a day instituted to raise awareness of the disease.
Anton Olsson wishes there was a greater knowledge of diabetes.
It can even save lives, according to him.
-You get to learn about cardiopulmonary resuscitation in many places, but not how to help someone in diabetes coma.
In the clip, you hear him tell about some prejudices he encounters and what he wishes many people knew instead.