What is the relationship between type 2 diabetes and kidney failure (dialysis)?

If you have diabetes, your blood sugar level is high. Over time, this can cause kidney damage. If your kidneys are damaged, waste and fluids build up in your blood instead of leaving your body. Kidney damage caused by diabetes is called diabetic nephropathy.

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This Renal Damage, begins to occur long before symptoms appear. People with diabetes should have regular tests to detect kidney disease. The tests include a urine test and a blood test to see how well the kidneys are working. However, in the vast majority of cases, it has been reported that patients with kidney damage are NOT detected in time due to the absence of clear symptoms, which leads to more than 80% of cases being diagnosed in a medical emergency, when the kidneys need to be helped to resume part of their normal function without delay.

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If the damage continues, the kidneys may fail. In fact, diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure in the world. People with kidney failure require dialysis or a kidney transplant. It is possible to slow the progress of kidney damage or prevent it from getting worse.

Controlling blood glucose and blood pressure, taking medications, not eating too much protein can help. And now with tests like INNOVATIO ND2 ™ or PromarkerD ™ (as known in some countries), risk can be identified earlier than symptoms appear, as soon as the patient is diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.