Guide To Kidney Disease Diagnosis And Treatment

Control Blood Sugar

The most common cause of kidney failure in the United States is diabetes because these patients have uncontrollable high levels of glucose in their blood more frequently than unaffected individuals. High glucose in the blood causes kidneys to be put under twice the workload they would be with healthy blood glucose. In high blood sugar, the kidneys will filter too much blood too quickly, causing the small filters in the kidneys (glomeruli) to become compromised. Proteins in the blood that are important to the body start to leak through the filters and are excreted through the urine inappropriately when the filters in the kidneys are compromised. An individual already affected by kidney disease should carefully manage their blood sugar because even a slight increase in blood sugar and blood pressure can compound the damage to their kidneys.