Glossary for Diabetic Nephropathy

• Arteriovenous fistula: Connection between artery and vein.
• Blood in urine: Blood or blood-like discoloration of urine.
• Chromosome 15q, deletion: A rare chromosomal disorder involving deletion of genetic material from the long arm of chromosome 15.
• Diabetes: Failing or reduced ability of the body to handle sugars.
• Frequent urination: Urinating more often than normal
• Glomerular Disease: Condition affecting the glomerules in the kidney.
• Kidney conditions: Any condition affecting the kidney organs.
• Kidney damage: Any damage that occurs to the kidneys
• Kidney disease: Reduced kidney function from various causes.
• Kidney symptoms: Symptoms affecting one or both kidneys.
• MODY syndrome, type III: A dominantly inherited form of type II diabetes that occurs in young people (less than 25 years old) and is not insulin-dependent. MODY type 3 is due to a mutation of the hepatic transcriptor factor-1 gene on chromosome 12q24.2. The hyperglycemia in this form of the condition tends to increase with time and hence eventually requires treatment in the form of medication in many patients.
• Nephropathy: Any type of non-inflammatory kidney condition
• No symptoms: The absence of noticable symptoms.
• Proteinuria: Protein in the urine
• Pyelonephritis: Kidney and ureter infection usually bacterial from the bladder.
• Red urine: Red color appearance of the urine
• Type 1 diabetes: Severe insulin-treated diabetes typically occurring in young people.
• Type 2 diabetes: Most common diabetes in adults, usually progressing slowly, mostly treated without insulin at diagnosis.

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