The primary cause of Diabetic Nephropathy (Diabetic Kidney Disease) is
decompensation of Diabetes – Long-term hyperglycemia. Consequence of
hyperglycemia is high blood pressure, which also affects the kidneys. With the
high sugar and high blood pressure, which are easy to give rise to the Renal
Insufficiency, at the same time, the toxic substances which are discharged by
kidney begin to accumulate in the kidney, and then give rise to toxic symptoms
of kidney.
Each kidney is made of hundreds of thousands of filtering units called
Nephrons. Each Nephron has a cluster of tiny blood vessels called a Glomerulus.
These structures work together to remove waste from the body. Too much blood
sugar can damage these structures, cause them become more and more thick and get
other damage. Slowly, over time, more and more blood vessels are destroyed. The
kidney structures begin to leak and protein (albumin) begins to pass into the
urine.
Diabetes patients are easy to suffer from DN if they have the following
conditions:
African American, Hispanic, or American Indian origin
Family history of kidney disease or high blood pressure
Poor control of blood pressure
Poor control of blood sugars
Suffer from Type 1 Diabetes before age 20
Smoking
Diabetic Nephropathy generally goes along with other diabetes complications
including high blood pressure, retinopathy, and blood vessel changes. For more
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