Diabetes is now very common. Many people may have diabetes. As diabetes further develops, it may cause some complications, such as diabetic nephropathy. Once diabetic nephropathy occurs, it indicates that the kidney has been damaged. Many people are more worried about it.
How long can diabetic nephropathy live
When diabetic nephropathy develops gradually, diabetes does not necessarily pose a serious threat to life. If diabetic nephropathy can be well controlled, it can continue to survive for a long time. How long diabetic nephropathy can live is related to many factors, such as whether to adhere to treatment, whether the treatment is correct, how is the individual's health, and whether there are other diseases. These factors will affect the lifespan of diabetic kidney patients, so it is impossible to generalize.
Some diabetic kidney patients will survive longer if they are discovered in a timely manner and are well controlled. Some groups of diabetic kidney patients who fail to detect and treat them in time may develop more serious diseases, threaten their lives and health, and cause death.
What are the hazards of diabetic nephropathy
Once the diabetic suffers from kidney disease, if it is not treated in time, it will have a great impact on health and may even be life-threatening. Specifically, if there is diabetic nephropathy, it will cause the following health hazards:
1. Urinary protein: The reason why many diabetic patients find diabetic nephropathy is that during the test, it will be found that the urine protein is higher, or the situation of hematuria. If you can control it in time, you can avoid further kidney damage.
2. Body edema: Due to abnormalities in the kidneys of diabetic kidney patients, the metabolic function of detoxification has decreased, and urine protein has been excreted more, which can easily lead to edema.
3. Kidney failure: If the diabetic nephropathy is not well controlled, and the kidneys are further damaged over time, kidney failure will occur in severe cases, or it may cause uremia and other phenomena, which seriously threaten life and health.
4. High blood pressure: When diabetic nephropathy gradually develops to the advanced stage, it will also be accompanied by a significant increase in blood pressure. This is due to high blood pressure caused by kidney damage. Continued increase in blood pressure will in turn increase diabetes, Eventually, the kidneys will fail completely.
Once diabetic nephropathy is detected, attention should be paid to the treatment .