Can Albuminuria Indicate Diabetic Nephropathy

Albuminuria or proteinuria is the progressive indicator of Diabetic Nephropathy. If diabetics have this symptom, what should they do?

Diabetic Nephropathy is the most common complication of diabetes, and it is also the leading cause of death for diabetics. In the early stage, diabetics may have albuminuria, high level of glycosylated hemoglobin, high blood pressure, and so on. Compared with other types of kidney diseases, Diabetic Nephropathy progresses more quickly.

Why do diabetics have albuminuria?

When albuminuria appears in diabetics, patients should determine whether they have diabetic nephropathy. If this happens, it means a part of kidney functioning tissues have been damaged. Therefore, once this symptom appears, patients should do test immediately in the regular hospital. Then, patients can detect and treat their kidney disease timely.

Diabetic albuminuria can induce kidney disease easily, so it is very important to reduce diabetic albuminuria immediately. This is helpful to reduce the continuous damage for kidneys, but albuminuria may relapse easily due to cold and tiredness. In view of this, we should focus on treating impaired kidney cells. At the same time, it is also necessary to control patients' blood pressure and blood sugar. Only this can help slow down the progression of diabetic kidney disease.

How to prevent albuminuria for diabetics?

The management level of blood sugar and blood pressure is one important factor to affect the prognosis of diabetic kidney disease, so well control of blood sugar and blood pressure can reduce proteinuria, protect the remaining kidney functioning tissues and prevent cardio-cerebral-vascular complications.

Besides, patients should limit their protein intake, avoid to use medicines which have renal toxicity, do blood test and urine test regularly, and do regular exercise. All of these can help make blood sugar under control. Accordingly, patients can prevent diabetic nephropathy successfully.

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