Nephropathy due to diabetes is a kidney disease induced as a result of capillary dysfunction in kidney glomeruli. This diabetic condition discovered by Wilson and Kimmelsteil is also known by name Kimmelsteil-Wilson syndrome. If not diagnosed in earlier stages, disease may later induce the need for dialysis and kidney transplantation. Diabetic Nephropathy is more frequently seen among diabetic men than in women. In some diabetic patients, disease may even result in chronic kidney failure and end-stage kidney disease. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients are equally affected by this kidney trouble.
The key of preventive treatments is to treat Diabetes itself, control high blood pressure, limit intake of protein and receive some other treatments:
1. Combined treatment of Chinese medicine and Western medicine
When patients receive western medicine treatment, some traditional Chinese medicines can be used as the assistant treatment. These traditional Chinese medicines have the effect of improving blood circulation of kidney, reducing urine protein and lowering serum creatinine, which include Raidx Astragali, Chinese Angelica, Chinese rhubarb, etc. If patients have symptom of obvious edema, diuretic can be used to treat this symptom.
2. Diet Therapy
Experts advise patients to limit intake of protein at the early stage of Diabetic Nephropathy. Intake of too much bean products will lead to accumulation of excessive waste products within body, which will increase decomposition burden of kidney. Patients whose illness has developed to III period Diabetic Nephropathy should maintain a low protein diet. Intake of high quality protein should be 0.6 gram per kilogram of body weight each day. Because malnutrition is easy to occur in patients who undergo dialysis for long time, they should increase intake of protein properly. Besides, patients with Diabetic Nephropathy should also control intake of salt strictly. Intake of salt for normal people is 6 gram each day. Intake of salt for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy should be less than 4 gram each day.
Preventive measures for controlling nephropathy can be started by controlling blood sugar level. Do continuous blood sugar monitoring and plan diet according to glucose level in blood. Prepare a diabetic diet by seeking the help of your diabetic specialist. Make your meals special by including food items rich in protein. Soy beans, legumes, whole grains and legumes are some of food samples rich with protein concentration. Try to maintain cholesterol level and hypertension under control by proper medication.
3. Drug treatment
Patients should choose those oral drugs which can be absorbed quickly and are not easy to cause hypoglycemia. At present, priority drug for patients with Diabetic Nephropathy is still insulin. Using insulin as early as possible can delay or even prevent Diabetic Nephropathy from occuring and developing.
Today, several antihypertensive drugs for reducing growth of nephropathy are easily available in market. Taking ACE inhibitors reduces the risk of diabetic nephropathy. Use of ACE inhibitors helps in reducing albumin concentration in urine. Studies say that ACE inhibitors contribute mainly to type 1 diabetic by retarding the growth of nephropathy. In case of type 2 diabetic patients, both ACE inhibitors and ARB are used for treatment. Patients should limit intake of food items with rich iodine concentration. Do not take non steroid anti-inflammatory drugs while taking treatment for nephropathy. Taking drugs like naproxen creates negative impact on patients. If not treated in earlier stage of disease, nephropathy even results in premature death of patient.
If the Diabetic Nephropathy patients follow the above guides, the development of the disease will be put off. On the basis of proper diets, patients can receive/apply/use the Stem Cell Therapy to treat the disease. Stem cells have the ability of differentiation. They can not only repair the damaged kidney but also rebuild the renal function. This therapy will treat the Diabetes Nephropathy fundamentally and prevent the aggravation of the illness.