Link between diabetes and kidney disease
Diabetes What is Diabetes? Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure. In many countries, half of all people starting dialysis have kidney failure caused by diabetes. Diabetes blood glucose test What is Diabetic Kidney Disease? Chronic Kidney Disease caused by diabetes is called Diabetic Nephropathy , (diabetic kidney disease). If you have diabetes, you have too much glucose (sugar), in your blood. Too much glucose in your blood for a long time can damage many parts of your body, including your heart and kidneys. Many people with diabetes also develop high blood pressure. High blood pressure and diabetes are considered the leading causes of kidney disease. High blood sugar, when diabetes is uncontrolled, damages the tiny blood vessels in the kidneys and alters filtration by the kidneys. In most cases, diabetic kidneys disease does not manifest itself with any symptoms. The only way to diagnose it is to do tests (blood and urine).The first sign of this damage is finding albumin