Kidney Function With Diabetes. Diabetic nephropathy affects your kidneys ability to do their usual work of removing waste products and extra fluid from your body. Blood pressure is too high.
You are also more likely to develop kidney disease if you have diabetes and. Medication is also available. As mentioned measuring renal function using the 24 hour urine collection is cumbersome and can be difficult to perform accurately so methods have been developed.
The kidneys sometimes become diseased in people who have diabetes.
It happens when high blood pressure or high blood sugar from diabetes hurts your kidneys. It doesn t happen to everyone with diabetes but it s a common complication that happens over time if your diabetes isn t under good control. Your body will retain more water and salt than it should which can result in weight gain and ankle swelling. It is also called diabetic kidney disease.