Background: The challenges of being a young adult in combination with maintaining a chronic disease, such as diabetes type 1, is a complex task. The research in this area is limited, which makes it important to compile the up-to-date research to get an overall picture of how young adults experience living with diabetes type 1 and its impact on different aspects of life.

Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe young adults' experience with living with type 1 diabetes.

Method: The authors of this study used a qualitative method and made a literature study of relevant available articles which investigated the experiences of living with type 1 diabetes inthe group of young adults.

Result: The result shows that diabetes type 1 has an impact on life in general for young adults. This includes many aspects, for example everyday life, relationships, emotions, and future planning. The disease also generates lots of feelings which often includes frustration and worry.

Conclusion: The fact that many areas of life are affected by diabetes type 1 and that it also generates lots of feelings and questions for the person is important for nurses and other health care workers to keep in mind when treating those patients. Having this information creates a greater understanding of how the person experience life. In this way we can change focus from strictly medical to a more person-centered care that provides greater possibilities to achieve good health.