HOW DO DIABETES AFFECT YOUR KIDNEY (DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY)

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NEPHROPATHY (KIDNEY DISEASES).

left kidney is affected with diabetes
light kidney is normal.

Nephropathy or Kidney diseases is among of the most serious complication for person who is diabetic mellitus. Nephropathy has consist few symptoms/signs in its early stage of diabetes compared with other disorders associated with Type 2 Diabetes mellitus. It takes long period of time for the kidney with nephropathy to show first symptoms. 

SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF KIDNEY DISEASES.

In many cases no symptoms and signs of nephropathy appear until the kidney are not functioning well. There are various symptoms that show kidney could be at risk:
  • Swelling of the face, ankles and legs
  • Loss of appetite
  • Fluid retention (hydrops)
  • Feeling tiredness and weakness
  • Persisted Headache
  • Stomach discomfort
  • Nausea and vomiting

RISK FACTORS FOR NEPHROPATHY.

Despite of Diabetes be the one of cause of kidney diseases, There are other risk factors of Nephropathy as follows:
  • Diabetes
  • Uncontrolled high blood sugar (Hyperglycemia)
  • Uncontrolled high blood pressure
  • Obesity (overweight)
  • High cholesterol level
  • Family history of kidney diseases
  • family history of heart diseases
  • Cigarette smoking
  • Advanced age

CAUSES OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY

There are numerous causes of kidney disease, one of them is long-stand high blood sugar (hyperglycemia). However other factors likely play important role a well such as genetic predisposition (runs through family).

The kidneys are body organs that act as blood filtration system, Nephrons are functional units of kidney and count about hundred of thousands.The kidney become overwork especially when a person has Type 2 Diabetes, they constantly removing excess glucose from blood. The nephrons become inflamed and scarred as well, this cause them not to work with time until they stop working completely though it takes time for nephrons to stop work.

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As efficiency of nephrons become low they allows some of materials such as proteins to pass, the proteins that pass into urine are called albumin. Level of albumin in urine is used to test / determine the function of kidney. As albumin pass into urine it reduce its amount in blood (low amount of albumin in urine is known as micro-albuminuria while high amount of albumin in urine is known as macro-albuminuria). Macro-albuminuria is a danger signs for the kidney and can lead into kidney failure and End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is also a risk. Treatment for  End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is dialysis (the clinical purification of blood by dialysis machine) also kidney transplant can be one of treatment of kidney failure.



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