Understanding Type 2 diabetes mellitus with diabetic chronic kidney disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Management

What is it?

Diabetic nephropathy may be a complication of both diabetes type 1 or 2. Diabetic nephropathy is a damage to the kidney’s filtering system due to damage to the blood vessels which occurs over the years in people with diabetes. It may progress to kidney failure, which requires dialysis or kidney transplant.

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Signs & symptoms

Symptoms may include unbalanced hypertension, proteinuria, edema, frequent urination, confusion, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, persistent itching and fatigue.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is based upon findings from medical history and physical examination. Further evaluation may include blood and urine tests, imaging tests of the kidneys and a kidney biopsy.

Treatment

Treatment focuses on keeping the diabetes and the blood pressure controlled. In early stages, medications to control blood pressure such as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin 2 receptor blockers (ARBs) are used as well as medications for blood sugar control. In cases of advanced kidney damage, kidney dialysis or a kidney transplant may be needed.

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Source of Information - We analyze big data of more than 23 million patients de-identified medical records from the following sources:

National Institution of Health ∙ World Health Organization ∙ University of Illinois hospital