Diabetic Kidney Disease
Health Encyclopedia: Diabetic Nephropathy
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease; Diabetic glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic kidney disease
Prevention
Blood glucose levels should be controlled as closely as possible in people with diabetes. Controlling blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight is just as important.
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Expert & Community Posts
How to Protect Your Kidneys
By Dr. Bill Quick , Health Expert...people with diabetes who have been told that they have diabetic kidney disease. The list of... Read more »
High Blood Pressure By The Numbers
By Glenn Gandelman, MD, MPH , Health Expert...lifestyle changes mentioned above. Of note, in those with diabetes or kidney disease the cut off... Read more »
Real life consequences
By Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...(the organ that makes insulin) enough to give him diabetes by the time that he was 45 years old,... Read more »
The Artificial Pancreas Is on Its Way!
By Ann Bartlett , Health Expert...detected, it shuts down the flow of insulin. Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's pet... Read more »
Obesity may protect joints in rheumatoid arthritis, but at what cost?
By Christine Miller , Health Expert...associated with higher risk of death from heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease and several... Read more »
Health Guide
Diabetes and Anemia
...more severe anemia symptoms are more pronounced with tiredness. About one-fourth of all people with diabetes will have problems with anemia. How serious is anemia?For untreated diabetes patients,... Read more »Dehydration: Migraine and Headache Trigger
...feveredwhen you have a cold or the fluif you have a chronic disease such as uncontrolled or untreated diabetes, kidney disease, alcoholism, cystic fibrosis, or adrenal disorders, if... Read more »Diabetic nephropathy
...urine. Alternative Names Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease; Diabetic glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic kidney disease Causes, incidence, and risk factors Each kidney is... Read more »Meet Rose Chon
...University of Southern California. She manages a research project funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases focused on studying married couples where one partner... Read more »Where can patients get additional information about diabetes and living with diabetes? "
There are many organizations that have diabetes information and can help with diabetes management. The following organizations distribute materials and support people with diabetes, their families... Read more »Images
Pancreas and kidneys images. Image of the pancreas and kidneys and where each is in the body.... Read more »
Medications
...likely to occur in patients with kidney disease, diabetes, or serious illness or in the elderly.... Read more »
Related News
Transplant Lengthens Lives of Diabetics With Kidney Disease
May 25, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Type 1 diabetics in need of a kidney transplant may increase their long-term survival rate with a simultaneous pancreas-kidney... Read summary »
Personality Plays Role in Surviving Peripheral Artery Disease
August 26, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A preliminary study suggests that a negative, inhibited personality type (type D personality) appears to predict an increased... Read summary »
Implanted Defibrillator not for all
March 27, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study may help doctors determine who is a good candidate for an implanted defibrillator -- and who is not. Data collected... Read summary »
Urinary incontinence may be a sign of a more serious problem
October 03, 2008According to Dr. Patrick Woodman, urinary incontinence is a common problem, but it can be a sign of a more dangerous health condition. Diabetes,... Read summary »
Lowering blood sugar may not help hearts
October 03, 2008Lowering blood sugar levels helps protect diabetics from kidney disease and blindness, but researchers say it may not prevent heart disease. At the... Read summary »
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