Symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy

Diabetic Nephropathy is a relatively serious complication of diabetes. We should try to control diabetes so as to prevent the happening of Diabetic Nephropathy. What are the symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy?
1. edema
Generally, most patients with Diabetic Nephropathy do not have edema. Some of them have slight edema before the protein in plasma declines. When the protein in 24 hours is more than 3g, edema will come into being. Those who have obvious edema have rapid development of diabetic nephropathy.
2. anemia
Anemia can be seen in Diabetic Nephropathy patients who have obvious azotemia. They can also have slight anemia, which can not achieve effects with chalybeate. When the generation of red cells are damaged or blocked, anemia will come into being, which can also be related to long time limitation of protein and anemia.
3. high blood pressure
High blood pressure is common in patients with Diabetic Nephropathy, which can accelerate the development of Diabetic Nephropathy. So controlling high blood pressure is essential.
4. proteinuria
In the beginning, due to the change of increased filtration pressure in renal glomerulus and the change of charge in the renal glomerular filtration membrane, there is only a small amount of protein in urine, which is called microalbumin. With the filtration pore of renal glomerulus increasing, some big molecules can also filtrate out, which leads to proteinuria. If not controlled well, the proteinuria will develop into continuous and serious proteinuria. If the protein which leaks out into urine every day is more than 3 g, we can not get a good prognosis. At last, nephrotic syndrome will come into being.
So the earlier we find out Diabetic Nephropathy, the better effect of treatment we will get.