Diabetic kidney disease

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Nocturnal polyuria, sometimes observed in conditions such as diabetes, kidney diseases, prostate enlargement, hormonal imbalances, use of diuretics. 

Controlling blood triglyceride and cholesterol levels helps prevent heart disease and possibly strokes, and may slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease. The current data point towards a target total cholesterol of <3.5 mmol/L if the patient has microalbuminuria, and statins are very widely prescribed in diabetic patients with renal impairment. 

Preexisting medical conditions The likelihood of adverse effects of ephedrine is heightened in individuals with a history of high blood pressure, heart or thyroid disease, diabetes, kidney disease or difficulty urinating, glaucoma, a seizure disorder, depression, prostate enlargement, history of stress, or are involved in stressful activities. 

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ACE inhibitors and ARBs slow the progression of diabetic kidney disease. A trial that was reported in 2000 confirmed that even nonmicroalbuminuric type 2 diabetic patients should be managed with ACE inhibitors or ARBs to prevent cardiovascular events.In addition to lowering systemic blood pressure, such patients also have lowered glomerular capillary blood pressure and protein filtration,ACE inhibitors and ARBs also reduce All-medi-ated effects on glomerular permeability and cell proliferation and fibrosis and should be incorporated into the treatment schedules of all patients with type 2 diabetes and those with type 1 diabetes and microalbuminuria, ACE inhibitors may exacerbate hyperkalemia in patients with advanced CKD and/or hyporeninemic hypoaldosteronism. In older patients with renal artery stenosis, they may cause a rapid decline in kidney function. Pooled data from large clinical trials indicated above show that only 1.5% of patients treated with ACE inhibitors or ARBs were withdrawn from trials because of hyperkalemia, and no deaths were reported as a consequence of hyperkalemia. ... 

It has been clearly recognized that one of the clinical hallmarks of diabetic nephropathy is proteinuria in excess of 500 mg/24 hours this can be easily detected by urine dipstick testing, which has a detection limit of 150-200 mg/liter of albumin. Such clinical proteinuria portends a progressive decline in kidney function leading to end-stage renal failure over an average 7-year period. This clinical proteinuria is not sudden but is preceded by years of microalbuminuria. Thus microalbuminuria represents an early manifestation of diabetic kidney disease. In fact, 6-20% of patients with IDDM present with microalbuminuria. Left uncontrolled, albumin excretion in microalbuminuric subjects can increase at the rate of 7-18.6% per year. 

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Shepher B, Nash C, Smith C, DiMarco A, Petty J, and Szeweiw S. Update on potential drugs for the treatment of diabetic kidney disease. Clinical Therapeutics, 34 1237-1246 (2012). 

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