In clinic, according to the symptoms, Diabetic Nephropathy can be divided
into mainly five stages. At early stage, it is easier to be treated. In this
passage, we will mainly introduce the five stages and its specific symptoms and
hope patients can seize the best opportunity to adopt effective treatment to
recover.
The first stage of Diabetic Nephropathy is characterized by increased
GFR(glomerular filtration rate) and increased kidney size. Glomerular filtration
rate (GFR) is the volume of fluid filtered from the renal (kidney) glomerular
capillaries into the Bowman's capsule per unit time. If glomerular filtration
rate increases in this stage, it proved that some glomeruli are damaged due to
insufficiency of blood and oxygen, etc, so the remained renal glomeruli will do
more work to replace what the having damaged ones did before. Luckily, in this
stage, patients’ condition is reversible. After Diabetic Nephropathy apply
insulin, they can recover.
In the second stage, the albumin in urine is normal. But the structure of
some renal glomeruli begins to change. UAE will increase after patients with
Diabetic Nephropathy take exercise. They can also recover after having a
rest.
In the third stage, the discharge rate of albumin is 20--200μg/ min. In
addition, the blood pressure can also increase, and some renal glomeruli become
deserted. Kidney disease symptoms begin to appear, so we can also call this
stage early stage of Diabetic Nephropathy.
The fourth stage is called clinical Diabetic Nephropathy or dominant Diabetic
Nephropathy. The characteristic of this stage is a large amount of proteinuria(Proteinuria and Kidney Disease),
edema and high blood pressure. Edema is relatively serious in this stage.
Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy have bad reaction to diuretic.
In the last stage, patients with Diabetic Nephropathy will develop into the
advanced stage of kidney disease, which can also be called uremia stage. In this
stage, the filtration function declines, which leads to renal failure. In
addition, patients can also have secondary nerve lesion and heart disease. These
above mentioned complications are often the real reason why patients with
Diabetic Nephropathy lost their life.
The above mentioned are about manifestations of the different stages of
Diabetic Nephropathy. Generally, people should have physical examination once a
year. Once diagnosed with Diabetic Nephropathy, patients should take effective
measure as soon as possible. As for the treatment, we recommend the combination
of Chinese medicine and western medicine, which is called Micro-Chinese Medicine
Osmotherapy and Immunotherapy. In general, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy
help create a clean inner environment and then Immunotherapy can repair the
damaged islet beta cells and damaged intrinsic cells in kidney.