Risk Factors of Diabetic Nephropathy

With more and more people suffering from Diabetes, Diabetic Nephropathy followed closely. Kidney disease is a serious complication of Diabetes, the lethallty of which is high. What’s more, Diabetic Nephropathy can not be found out in the early stage. So when people are diagnosed with Diabetic Nephropathy, they may have become into the end stage and Diabetic Nephropathy have to receive dialysis and chemical therapy to maintain life. So patients with Diabetes must prevent the disease from developing into Diabetic Nephropathy. What are the risk factors of Diabetic Nephropathy?
The first risk factor for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy is blood pressure, which is a symptom in the end stage and appears in those who have been suffering from protein in urine for a long time. At the early stage, blood pressure will not increase until patients take exercise. When patients with Diabetic Nephropathy have continuous protein in urine, blood pressure will increase continuously. The existence of high blood pressure accelerates the deterioration of renal function for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy.
The second risk factor for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy is edema and Nephroic Syndrome. About half of patients with Diabetic Nephropathy have edema, which may be due to the lost of large amount of protein in urine. However, the older the patients are, there will be more reasons which can cause edema. What’s more, about 20% of patients with Diabetic Nephropathy have Nephroic Syndrome.
The third risk factor for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy is renal failure. At the early stage, they should control the sugar in blood. Glomerular filtration rate increases in this stage. Blood urea nitrogen in blood and serum creatinine are normal. After continuous protein in urine appears, the density of blood urea nitrogen in blood and serum creatinine will increase. And renal insufficiency will come into being as well. Several years later, it can develop into end-stage renal failure. In addition, Diabetic Nephropathy is usually accompanied with kinds of complications. What’s more, acute renal failure may also come into being.
So patients with Diabetic Nephropathy are suggested to receive timely treatment as soon as possible.