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Diabetic Nephropathy

1.What is Diabetic Nephropathy?

   - Normal kidney vs. diseased kidney

   - How the kidneys work

2.What are the Symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy?

3.When to see a doctor?

4.What are the causes of Diabetic Nephropathy?

5.What are the Risk factors for Diabetic Nephropathy?

6.What are the Complications of Diabetic Nephropathy?

7.Can Diabetic Nephropathy be prevented?

 

 

1.What is Diabetic Nephropathy?

Diabetic nephropathy is a serious kidney-related complication of type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. It is also called diabetic kidney disease. Up to 40 percent of people with diabetes eventually develop kidney disease.

Diabetic nephropathy affects the ability of your kidneys to do their usual work of removing waste products and extra fluid from your body. The best way to prevent or delay diabetic nephropathy is by maintaining a healthy lifestyle and treating your diabetes and high blood pressure.

Over many years, the condition slowly damages your kidneys' delicate filtering system. Early treatment may prevent or slow disease progression and reduce the chance of complications.

Your kidney disease may progress to kidney failure, also called end-stage kidney disease. Kidney failure is a life-threatening condition. At this stage your treatment options are dialysis or a kidney transplant.

Normal kidney vs. diseased kidney

Diabetic nephropathy results when diabetes damages blood vessels and other cells in your kidneys.

How the kidneys work

Your kidneys contain millions of tiny blood vessel clusters (glomeruli) that filter waste from your blood. Severe damage to these blood vessels can lead to diabetic nephropathy, decreased kidney function and kidney failure.

 

2.What are the Symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy?

In the early stages of diabetic nephropathy, you may not notice any signs or symptoms. In later stages, the signs and symptoms include:

 

3.When to see a doctor?

Make an appointment with your doctor if you have any signs or symptoms of kidney disease.

If you have diabetes, visit your doctor yearly for a urine test (urine microalbumin test) that detects protein. This helps determine how well the kidneys are functioning.

4.What are the causes of Diabetic Nephropathy?

Diabetic nephropathy is a common complication of diabetes, types 1 and 2.

Over time the high blood sugar associated with untreated diabetes causes high blood pressure. This in turn damages the kidneys by increasing the pressure in the delicate filtering system of the kidneys.

5.What are the Risk factors for Diabetic Nephropathy?

Several factors may increase your risk of diabetic nephropathy, including:

 

6.What are the Complications of Diabetic Nephropathy?

Complications of diabetic nephropathy may develop gradually over months or years. They may include:

 

7.Can Diabetic Nephropathy be prevented?

Yes, It can. To reduce your risk of developing diabetic kidney disease:







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