Diabetic nephropathy should do what check?

Diabetic nephropathy what should be done to check, this is the problem the majority of the patients with diabetic nephropathy friends who are very concerned about, diabetic nephropathy is one of the highest mortality rate for diabetes complications, mainly due to diabetic nephropathy obvious symptoms, many patients do not pay attention , but wait until kidney failure and even uremia found, then how can we discover she had diabetic nephropathy? Below please Shijiazhuang kidney hospital Professor Wang Zhanping diabetic nephropathy should explain to you what to do inspection, we hope to be able to help.
1. The regular testing of urinary albumin: microalbuminuria is the emergence of a gold standard to reflect diabetes-induced renal injury. For diabetic patients, especially in patients with a long duration of illness, to be detected at least once a year. For ordinary elderly people suffering from diabetic nephropathy, but when full attention, even if the initial diagnosis, should also be mAlb and urine testing.
2. Urine routine examination: As the disease continues to increase, microalbuminuria increased until the urine by conventional means check it out. Urine protein test results were positive. This urinary protein plus, actually prompted diabetic patients have undergone significant kidney damage, the disease entered the clinical stage of diabetic nephropathy, the next will be in the acceleration pattern progresses to chronic renal failure. In this case, in order to further understand the severity of the disease, ease prognosis, or advocate for 24-hour urine protein test.

3. Fundus examination: fundus examination is an important basis for an early diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy. Fundus examination has been used as the primary means of early detection of diabetic retinopathy, and diabetic nephropathy, diagnosis of diabetic peripheral neuropathy, also has important reference value. To early detection of diabetic retinopathy, a common complication of diabetes, diabetic nephropathy, and early treatment of complications, diabetes patients fundus examination must be carried out regularly. Fundus examination, there are two commonly used methods, namely direct ophthalmoscopy and fundus fluorescein angiography. The former doctor directly observe retinal changes, convenient and simple; the latter requires intravenous contrast agents, the general said more accurate. You can select as appropriate, under the guidance of a doctor.

Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital

Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital is located in Shijiazhuang city, capital of Hebei Province, which is adjacent to the capital of China, Beijing. It was founded in 1986 and his name has become more widely known in recent decades.....Read More