Early symptoms of diabetic nephropathy

When people are attacked by diabetic nephropathy, they usually suffer more than other kinds of kidney disease for the complex of the disease. For Diabetic Nephropathy patients, knowing the early symptoms of the disease is good for the prevention and treatment. This article will introduce the early symptoms for patients and we hope what we mentioned can do something for you.

"Three high and one low" is the common symptom of diabetic nephropathy, which means massive proteinuria, hyperlipemia, high blood pressure and hypoproteinemia. Before the obvious clinical expressions, the disease can be neglected easily by the patients. In this case, the symptoms of diabetic nephropathy need to be noticed.

1. Pruritus vulvae
Diabetic nephropathy patients with relative or absolute lack of insulin secretion will experience higher glucose concentration in the blood. When the glucose concentration is higher than renal glucose threshold, part of glucose will expel through urine, the condition create a favorable environment for the mold growth, leading to pruritus vulvae due to inflammation.
2. Skin itch
Diabetic nephropathy will experience skin itch, the causes are as follows:
(1)Diabetic nephropathy patients’ nerve endings will becomes inflamed easily, leading to skin itch.
(2)The poor microvascular circulation will worsen local cell function.
(3)The growth of mold due to high sugar in the blood will infect the patients’ skin.
(4)The reduce of sweat secretion in diabetic patients will cause xerodermia, leading to skin itch.
3. Lose hair
Diabetic nephropathy will lose hair due to long-term malnutrition.
Experts suggest that a normal person should do a physical examination once a year at least. Early detection and treatment is important for diabetic nephropathy, so as not to delay the disease.

You must have a clear knowledge about the earlier symptoms of diabetic nephropathy, and if you want to know more information about the disease or treatment, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you as soon as possible.