Causes and Treatments of Diabetic Kidney Disease

Diabetic Kidney Disease is one of the main cause of Kidney Failure .Because of the development of long-term of Diabetes . The risk of lead to Kidney Disease will higher and higher . The following content will tell you What is Diabetic Kidney Disease , the cause and the treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy .

What is diabetic kidney disease?

Diabetic kidney disease (diabetic nephropathy) is a complication that occurs in some people with diabetes. In this condition the filters of the kidneys, the glomeruli, become damaged. Because of this the kidneys 'leak' abnormal amounts of protein from the blood into the urine. The main protein that leaks out from the damaged kidneys is called albumin. In normal healthy kidneys only a tiny amount of albumin is found in the urine. A raised level of albumin in the urine is the typical first sign that the kidneys have become damaged by diabetes.
Diabetic kidney disease is divided into two main categories, depending on how much albumin is lost through the kidneys:
Microalbuminuria. This is when the amount of albumin that leaks into the urine is between 30 and 300 mg per day. It is sometimes called incipient nephropathy.
Proteinuria. This is when the amount of albumin that leaks into the urine is more than 300 mg per day. It is sometimes called macroalbuminuria or overt nephropathy.

How does diabetic kidney disease develop and progress?

A raised blood sugar (glucose) level that occurs in people with diabetes can cause a rise in the level of some chemicals within the kidney. These chemicals tend to make the glomeruli more 'leaky' which then allows albumin to leak into the urine. In addition, the raised blood glucose level may cause some proteins in the glomeruli to link together. These 'cross-linked' proteins can trigger a localised scarring process. This scarring process in the glomeruli is called glomerulosclerosis. It usually takes several years for glomerulosclerosis to develop and it only happens in some people with diabetes.
As the condition becomes worse, scarred tissue (glomerulosclerosis) gradually replaces healthy kidney tissue. As a result, the kidneys become less and less able to do their job of filtering the blood. This gradual 'failing' of the kidneys may gradually progress to what is known as end-stage kidney failure.
Microalbuminuria - where the amount of albumin that leaks into the urine is between 30 and 300 mg per day - is usually the first sign that diabetic kidney disease has developed. Over months or years, microalbuminuria may go away (especially if treated - see below), persist at about the same level, or progress to proteinuria.

Proteinuria - where the amount of albumin that leaks into the urine is more than 300 mg per day - is irreversible. If you develop proteinuria it usually marks the beginning of a gradual decline in kidney function towards end-stage kidney failure at some time in the future.

The Treatments of Diabetic Kidney Disease

Control the blood sugar and the high blood pressure is the first thing you should to do with Diabetic Kidney Disease .And In the other hand you should to do something to soften blood-fat blood vessels and restore the normal blood circulation . And restore the the damaged renal intrinsic cells .Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can do these . and in other hand this therapy can take effect quickly in virtual of a infiltration equipment . And this therapy don't have any side-effect in the whole treatment progress . 

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