Diabetic Kidney Disease

High blood sugar combined with high blood pressure increases your risk of getting diabetic kidney disease.

Kidney disease can lead to kidney failure and the need for either dialysis or a kidney transplant.

Doctors can identify diabetic kidney disease at a very early stage, when small amounts of protein (microal-buminuria) appear in the urine.

Certain drugs that lower blood pressure, such as ACE inhibitors, also lower rnicroalbuminuria and can slow the development of kidney disease.