Diabetic Nephropathy Symptoms
Health Encyclopedia: Diabetic Nephropathy
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease; Diabetic glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic kidney disease
Treatment
The goals of treatment are to slow the progression of kidney damage and control related complications.
The main treatment, once proteinuria is diagnosed, is keeping blood pressure under control (to levels less than 130/80.) If possible, a type of blood pressure medicine, either angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors or angiotensin receptor bloc...
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Health Guide
High Blood Pressure: Complications
...cycle.Kidney DiseaseDiabetes and Nephropathy (Kidney Disease). High blood pressure is strongly associated with diabetic nephropathy. Patients with type 2 diabetes who show early signs of... Read more »Diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic nephropathy is a complication of diabetes. If you have this condition, your kidney loses its ability to function properly. The condition is characterized by high protein... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes: Diagnosis - Oral Glucose Tolerance Test
...may be needed in patients with signs of heart disease.High blood pressure is strongly associated with diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). In fact, patients with type 2 diabetes who show signs... Read more »Type 1 Diabetes
...end-stage renal disease (kidney failure). [For more information, see In-Depth Report #42: Diabetes diet.]Diabetic nephropathy occurs in about 20 40% of patients with diabetes and is the leading... Read more »Diabetic nephropathy
...disease; Diabetic glomerulosclerosis; Diabetic kidney disease Symptoms Early stage diabetic nephropathy has no symptoms. Symptoms develop late in the disease and may be a result... Read more »Images
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