Patient's question:
The area of the kidney is very painful, and recently I often experience recurring urinary urgency and a feeling of incomplete urination. These symptoms indicate kidney disease and diabetes. What are the symptoms of diabetic nephropathy?Doctor's answer:
Diabetic nephropathy is the most important complication of diabetes, currently the second leading cause of end-stage renal disease. Once it progresses to end-stage renal disease, treatment is often more challenging than for other kidney diseases. Therefore, timely comprehensive prevention and treatment are of great significance in slowing the progression of diabetic nephropathy. The management of diabetic nephropathy varies depending on the stage of the disease. Severe interference with the renal arteries can lead to recurrent renal ischemia, disrupting normal kidney function and causing kidney disease. In the early stages, blood pressure may only rise after physical activity, and with persistent proteinuria, blood pressure often remains elevated. The recurrence of hypertension accelerates the further deterioration of renal function in diabetic patients.