After months of intrusive tests following multiple infections, my daughter was diagnosed with mild nephropathy a few years ago at the age of about 8 or 9, and then diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes a few months ago (at the age of 13). After the "mild nephropathy" diagnosis, she went to a specialist every year for a few years to check on the kidney damage, and it didn't change (ie didn't get worse), so they said she didn't need to keep going back.
Typically sugar is not seen in the urine until blood sugars reach 200+ mg/dL. As a diabetic you are at risk for diabetic nephropathy, a kidney disease which is a complication of having persistantly high blood sugar levels. Docors ususally test for this by measuring microalbumin (which is a protein) in the urine.
hello, my dad is a diabetic (type2), since last year, hes 46 yrs old, hes on metmorfin, the same last year he was also prescribed ramipril 2.5mg everyday, for to treat the diabetic nephropathy, i can get ramipril in my town but its 5mg ramipril capsule in the chemists, and his medications are over, so should i let him take the 5mg ramipril? my big concern is would the dose cause hypoglycaemia or any other effects as the dosage will be double the dose hid doctor prescribed?
I am a diabetic and have peripheral neuropathy in my feet and legs .I was told it also might low testosterone. I am seventy. Do I need a specialist or general doctor to access the problem?
I am worried sick now that I am in the beginning stages of Diabetic Nephropathy in spite of being super vigilent about my control. They also are having my do a renal sonagram for more stones, and I had been taking a bunch of advil the week of my checkup for headaches. Maybe dehydration? I drink a lot of coffee and hardely any water at all.
What do you think of this situation. I have been a T2 diabetic for 9 years. diagnosed in Colorado. Through diet and exercise I became totally controlled, BG before eating 74 to 90 and after eating , never above 180
My Dr said" If he didn't know I was a diabetic he would swear I wasn't" I moved to a different state, New Dr. He told me ( after Blood work) That I wasn't a diabetic and never had been. I argued with him , told him what my Dr in Co. had said...
Microalbuminuria (persistent albumin in the urine) has been shown to be the earliest stage of diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease) in Type 1 diabetes and a marker for development of nephropathy in Type 2 diabetes. Microalbuminuria is also a marker of increased cardiovascular disease.
An annual test for the presence of microalbumin should be done.
Talk to your diabetes educator/doctor about gaining weight.
My brother's doctor told him his level was hovering just over 30 recently. He also mentioned that he'd probably need to have a port put in sometime next year. That concerns me considering some of the things I've read. If I'm not mistaken, 30 is still stage 3 and it won't be stage 4 until it's under 30. Also I hadn't thought that a port would be necessary until it's much lower than that.
Chronic kidney or chronic renal disease, is a progressive loss of renal function over a period of months or years through five stages. The most common causes of CKD are diabetic nephropathy, hypertension, and glomerulonephritis. Initially it is without specific symptoms and can only be detected as an increase in serum creatinine or protein in the urine. Abdominal ultrasound is commonly performed, wherein kidneys with CKD are usually smaller than normal kidneys.
After 5 months of this therapy, the patient developed membranous nephropathy. Complete remission of his nephrotic syndrome was achieved after 1 year of cyclosporine and corticosteroid therapy. During this same period, his chronic viral hepatitis B was controlled by entecavir. To our knowledge, this is the first case in which membranous nephropathy developed during pegylated interferon ?-2a therapy for chronic hepatitis B.
I am 67 year old man who is hypertensive and diabetic for last 20 years. I also have irregular heart beat for last 14 years. Lately I have pain on my left side near spine and below rib cage. I also now have foamy urine.
I am already on HBP medicine like Ramipril, Amlodipine, Cardanon,Glimpride etc etc. Will some one explain to me if I am heading for KIDNEY PROBLEM AND IF SO WHAT IS THE SOLUTION.
Im 10 weeks pregnant and recently diagnosed with IGA nephropathy...I'm scared...Friday I have app.to go over the results.. I don't know what stage I have.
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