All About Kidneys

Ben on Dialysis

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1. ROBERT MILLER says:

   January 29, 2013 at 9:57 pm

   dose it hurt /i am type 2 dietbetes and kidney failure level 2

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2. 365 Days Without Sugar says:

   July 19, 2013 at 9:19 am

   What is diabetic kidney disease?

   Long-standing diabetes causes changes in small blood vessels that can lead
   to damage of the kidneys. This damage can result in severe kidney failure.

   Subtle damage to the kidneys can start within a year or so of Type 1
   diabetes, and can be present at diagnosis in Type 2, but it usually takes 5
   to 10 years to become a noticeable problem.
   Who gets diabetic kidney disease?

   There are wide differences in estimates of how many people with diabetes
   will progress to having diabetic kidney disease - from 6 to 27 per cent of
   people with Type 1 diabetes, to 25 to 50 per cent of Type 2.
   Poor glucose control and even modestly high blood pressure can increase
   your risk of making kidney disease worse.

   In Type 2 diabetes, people from an Asian or Afro-Caribbean origin are twice
   as likely to develop diabetic kidney disease.

   What are the symptoms?

   There are no symptoms when diabetic kidney disease first develops. Later,
   the following signs of decreased kidney function are:

   fatigue
   nausea and vomiting
   itchy skin
   a metal taste in the mouth
   heartburn
   swelling in the limbs and/or eyelids due to the build-up of fluid in the
   tissues (oedema).

   What problems does diabetic kidney disease cause?

   The kidneys are essential organs:

   they filter and eliminate the waste products of metabolism
   they have a central role in controlling blood pressure and fluid balance in
   the body they produce the key hormone, erythropoietin, that stimulates the
   bone marrow to manufacture red blood cells.

   Diabetic kidney disease is the most common cause of kidney failure in the
   UK.

   People with very poor kidney function require some form of artificial
   kidney support (dialysis) or a kidney transplant.
   The increasing numbers of people with Type 2 diabetes has meant the demand
   for these facilities has been steadily climbing for several years. Because
   the kidneys have a central role in controlling blood pressure, it’s common
   for people with diabetic kidney disease to have raised blood pressure.

   High blood pressure accelerates the decline in kidney function in
   nephropathy – in other words the two problems multiply each other’s effect.
   By lowering blood pressure, the rate of progression of diabetic kidney
   disease can be slowed down.

   A target blood pressure of 130/80mmHg is recommended for diabetic patients
   with kidney disease.

   How is diabetic kidney disease diagnosed?

   The kidney filtering system normally ensures proteins are kept almost
   completely out of urine. In diabetic kidney disease, these filters become
   leaky and start to let protein through.
   If protein is found in your urine, diabetic kidney disease is likely to be
   present.

   A diagnosis is made by measuring the amount of the protein albumin in the
   urine. The urine sample is usually taken from the first urine passed in the
   morning.

   A value below 20 milligrams (mg) is normal.
   A value between 20 and 200mg is called microalbuminuria (the beginning of
   kidney disease).
   A value above 200mg is called proteinuria (a more advanced stage of
   diabetic kidney disease).
   Another way to assess albumin loss in the urine is to calculate the
   albumin:creatine ratio in a first-pass morning urine sample.
   If this ratio is more than 2.5mg/mmol in men or 3.5mg/mmol in women then
   it’s regarded as significant and could require tratment with ACE inhibitors
   or angiotensin II antagonists.
   Microalbuminuria is not a harmless stage that can be ignored until it
   develops into more advanced kidney disease. People with microalbuminuria
   are two to four times more likely to develop coronary heart disease.

   Checking urine for albumin is an important part of diabetes management that
   should be done at least annually. Test kits are now available that allow
   quick checks to be done in the GP’s surgery.
   What are the risk factors?

   There is an increased risk of diabetic kidney disease:
   with poor blood sugar control, ie levels are too high for too much of the
   time.

   if you smoke
   if you’re male
   if there’s some protein in your urine
   if you have high blood pressure
   the older your are
   the longer you’ve had diabetes
   if you have raised levels of cholesterol and fats (triglycerides) in the
   blood
   if you already have diabetic eye disease (diabetic retinopathy).
   This list has some things in common with that for diabetic retinopathy.

   Read more:
   http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/diseases/facts/diabetickidneydisease.htm#ixzz2ZTt4M6dM

   #diabetes #highbloodpressure #impotence #dialysis
   #365dayswithoutsugar 

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3. Cassia Hill says:

   November 21, 2013 at 9:55 pm

   Definetly will share this with my student viewers! 

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