Diabetes means an accumulation of excessive glucose in blood. It is caused by body’s failure in producing insulin or insulin resistance, a condition in which cells fail to use insulin properly, sometimes combined with an absolute insulin deficiency. Diabetes itself does not cause death; however, its complications such as cardiovascular disease, retinal disease and kidney disease can push people into a very dangerous situation. Thereby, Diabetes is called “silent killer” in some countries. The most outstanding characteristic of Diabetes is high blood sugar. Blood sugar has a close relationship with the happening of Diabetic Nephropathy, so if we can not control our blood sugar level well, it will accelerate the development of Diabetic Nephropathy.
Diabetic Nephropathy is a kind of Chronic Kidney Disease and the formation of it is long and complicated. When people get Diabetes, the long term and excessive high blood sugar will increase capillary permeability which will cause the exosmosis of plasma protein. When the leakage of plasma protein develops to a certain degree, capillary basement membrane will be damaged. Gradually, glomerulosclerosis and renal atrophy will appear among patients. Thereby, a better control of blood sugar has a great significance for patients with Diabetes.
Chronic Kidney Disease can be caused in different ways, and Diabetes is one of them. Thereby, in our daily life, we should try to maintain a healthy weight by doing some moderate physical exercises to prevent Diabetes. For patients with Diabetes, they should keep a close eye to their blood sugar. Once finding blood sugar increase, they should take some measures to decrease their blood sugar gradually, not in a sudden. Meanwhile, patients with Diabetes should also prevent the happening of diabetic complications through some ways, for example, keeping healthy living habits, and doing physical examinations frequently.
For western people, they are easier to get Diabetes, because they like eating sweet foods. Thereby, they should pay more attention to their blood sugar and take random blood sugar test regularly.
