Symptoms of diabetic nephropathy

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Diabetic nephropathy is a common and multiple diabetic complication. Is one of the most serious complications of diabetes, we should attach great importance to, next I will give you a detailed introduction of the symptoms of diabetic nephropathy.

Symptoms of diabetic nephropathy

1. Proteinuria. This is the first sign of diabetic nephropathy. When persistent proteinuria occurs, glomerular filtration rate begins to decrease. With the development of the disease, the amount of urinary protein gradually increased, and the amount of urinary protein was consistent with the severity of renal disease. When glomerular filtration rate is significantly lower than normal, a large number of proteinuria, can quickly develop to renal failure.

Edema and nephrotic syndrome. About half of the patients have edema, which may be caused by hypoalbuminemia due to the loss of a large amount of protein in urine. However, the older the patients are, the more the causes of edema caused by other reasons are. About 20% of the patients will have nephrotic syndrome.

3. Hypertension. This is a more advanced symptom that occurs in patients with proteinuria for a longer period of time. In the early stage, the blood pressure increased only after exercise. When there was persistent proteinuria, the blood pressure increased continuously. The occurrence of hypertension accelerated the deterioration of renal function in patients with diabetic nephropathy.

matters needing attention

No smoking, this is because high blood sugar, high blood pressure, high protein diet, smoking are important factors to aggravate diabetic nephropathy. Eat more vegetables and fruits, quit smoking and drinking, scientific drinking as the principle. Light diet: Vegetarianism is advocated.