We all know that Chronic Kidney Disease can be caused by many reasons and
Diabetes is one of the most common causes. Meanwhile, do you know how Diabetes
causes Chronic Kidney Disease? Before talking about it, firstly, let us learn
what Diabetes is.
Diabetes means an accumulation of excessive glucose in blood. It is caused by
body’s failure in producing insulin or insulin resistance, a condition in which
cells fail to use insulin properly, sometimes combined with an absolute insulin
deficiency. Diabetes itself does not cause death; however, its complications
such as cardiovascular disease, retinal disease and kidney disease can push
people into a very dangerous situation. Thereby, Diabetes is called “silent
killer” in some countries. The most outstanding characteristic of Diabetes is
high blood sugar. Blood sugar has a close relationship with the happening of
Diabetic Nephropathy, so if we can not control our blood sugar level well, it
will accelerate the development of Diabetic Nephropathy.
Diabetic Nephropathy is a kind of Chronic Kidney Disease and the formation of
it is long and complicated. When people get Diabetes, the long term and
excessive high blood sugar will increase capillary permeability which will cause
the exosmosis of plasma protein. When the leakage of plasma protein develops to
a certain degree, capillary basement membrane will be damaged. Gradually,
glomerulosclerosis and renal atrophy will appear among patients. Thereby, a
better control of blood sugar has a great significance for patients with
Diabetes.
Chronic Kidney Disease can be caused in different ways, and Diabetes is one
of them. Thereby, in our daily life, we should try to maintain a healthy weight
by doing some moderate physical exercises to prevent Diabetes. For patients with
Diabetes, they should keep a close eye to their blood sugar. Once finding blood
sugar increase, they should take some measures to decrease their blood sugar
gradually, not in a sudden. Meanwhile, patients with Diabetes should also
prevent the happening of diabetic complications through some ways, for example,
keeping healthy living habits, and doing physical examinations frequently.
For western people, they are easier to get Diabetes, because they like eating
sweet foods. Thereby, they should pay more attention to their blood sugar and
take random blood sugar test regularly.