Symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy

Symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Diabetic Nephropathy includes the 7 symptoms listed below:

• No early symptoms - in the early stages of kidney damage there are no noticable symptoms
• Frequent urination - an increased urge to urinate can signify some kidney problems
• Reduced diabetes medication - damage to the kidneys can actually lead to the need for reduced medication of insulin or pills
• Kidney disease
• Proteinuria
• Blood in the urine
• Discolored reddish urine
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Diabetic Nephropathy:

• Overview -- Diabetic Nephropathy
• Diagnostic Tests for Diabetic Nephropathy
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Diabetic Nephropathy
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Diabetic Nephropathy
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Diabetic Nephropathy: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with Diabetic Nephropathy:

• Kidney damage
• Kidney disease
• Kidney failure (type of Kidney disease)
• End-stage renal failure
• more complications...»

Diagnostic Testing

Diagnostic testing of medical conditions related to Diabetic Nephropathy:

• Protein urine test
• Urine "albumin" protein test - this is a urine test that looks for very small amounts of a protein called "albumin" in the urine.
• Microalbuminurea test
• Random urine microalbuminurea test (one-off test)
• Resting urine microalbuminurea test (overnight collection)
• Whole-day microalbuminurea test
• more tests...»

Research More About Diabetic Nephropathy

Do I have Diabetic Nephropathy?

• Diabetic Nephropathy: Introduction
• Diabetic Nephropathy: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Alternative diagnoses and misdiagnosis for Diabetic Nephropathy
• Failure to Diagnose Diabetic Nephropathy
• Treatments for Diabetic Nephropathy
• More about Diabetic Nephropathy

Diabetic Nephropathy: Medical Mistakes

• Obesity -- Health Mistakes
• Diabetes -- Health Mistakes
• Hypertension -- Health Mistakes
• Cholesterol -- Health Mistakes
• Metabolic Syndrome -- Health Mistakes
• more mistakes...»

Diabetic Nephropathy: Undiagnosed Conditions

Diseases that may be commonly undiagnosed in related medical areas:

• Chronic Major Diseases that are commonly Undiagnosed:
  • High Cholesterol -- Undiagnosed
  • Heart Disease -- Undiagnosed
  • Cancer -- Undiagnosed
  • Depression -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 2 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Hypertension -- Undiagnosed
  • Hemochromatosis -- Undiagnosed
  • Metabolic Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Diabetic Nephropathy:

• High Cholesterol: Home Testing:
  • Home Cholesterol Tests
  • Home Triglycerides Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Test Devices
• High Blood Pressure: Home Testing
  • Home Blood Pressure Hypertension Tests
  • Home Blood Pressure Monitors
  • Home Heart Tests
• Heart Health: Home Testing:
  • Heart Rate Monitors
  • Irregular Heartbeat Detection
  • Heart Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Home Blood Pressure Testing
  • Home Cholesterol Testing
• Thyroid: Home Testing:
  • Home Thyroid Function Testing
  • Home TSH Tests
  • Home Adrenal Function Tests
• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Bladder Testing
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Tests
  • Home Cystitis Tests
  • Home Kidney Tests
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
  • Home Prostate Cancer Tests
• Diet & Weight Loss: Home Testing:
  • Home Weight Testing
  • Home Body Fat Testing (BMI)
  • Home Body Fat Monitoring
  • Home Fitness Testing
• Adrenal Gland Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Adrenal Function Testing
  • Home Thyroid Function Tests
• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Kidney Testing
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Test Kits
• Diabetes: Related Home Testing:
  • Home Diabetes Testing
  • Home Blood Glucose Test Kits
  • Home Urine Glucose Tests
  • Home Urine Ketone Tests
  • Home Diabetes HbA1c Tests
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Kidney Health Tests
  • Home Eye Health Tests
• more home tests...»

Wrongly Diagnosed with Diabetic Nephropathy?

The list of other diseases or medical conditions that may be on the differential diagnosis list of alternative diagnoses for Diabetic Nephropathy includes:

• Glomerular Disease
• Kidney infection - may cause temporary symptoms similar to kidney damage or diabetic nephropathy
• Other causes of proteinurea
• more diagnoses...»

See the full list of 3 alternative diagnoses for Diabetic Nephropathy

Diabetic Nephropathy: Research Doctors & Specialists

• Diabetes & Endocrinology Specialists:
  • Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
  • Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
  • Pediatric Endocrinology (Child Hormones)
• Cholesterol Specialists:
  • Clinical Lipidology (Cholesterol/Triglycerides)
• Cardiac (Heart) Specialists:
  • Cardiology (Heart specialists)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Interventional Cardiology
• Urinary & Bladder Specialists (Urology):
  • Urology (Urinary Specialists)
  • Urological Surgery (Urinary Surgeons)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- State Directory
• Kidney Health Specialists (Nephrology):
  • Nephrology (Kidney Health)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Health)
  • Urology (Urinary/Bladder)
• more specialists...»

Research all specialists including ratings, affiliations, and sanctions.

More about symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy:

More information about symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Diabetic Nephropathy
• Underlying causes of Diabetic Nephropathy
• Risk factors for Diabetic Nephropathy

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Blood in the urine - see all causes of Blood in urine
• Discolored reddish urine - see all causes of Red urine
• Frequent urination - see all causes of Frequent urination
• Kidney disease - see all causes of Kidney symptoms
• No early symptoms - see all causes of No symptoms
• Proteinuria - see all causes of Proteinuria

Medical Books Online about Diabetic Nephropathy

Medical Books Excerpts Excerpts of published medical book chapters related to Diabetic Nephropathy are available from published medical books for more detailed information about Diabetic Nephropathy.

Copyright notice for book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Related videos for Diabetic Nephropathy

Patient Surveys for Diabetic Nephropathy

• Patient Profile Survey
  Take Survey  View Results
• Survey about the symptoms of your Diabetic Nephropathy
  Take Survey  View Results

Symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy: Online Medical Books

16 MEDICAL BOOKS ONLINE! Review excerpts from medical books online, free, without registration, for more information about the symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy.

Acute pyelonephritis: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

Typical clinical features include urgency, frequency, burning during urination, dysuria, nocturia, and hematuria (usually microscopic but may be gross). Urine may appear cloudy and have an ammonia-like or fishy odor. Other common symptoms include a temperature of 102° F (38.9° C) or higher, shaking chills, flank pain, anorexia, and general fatigue.

These symptoms characteristically develop rapidly over a few hours or a few days. Although these symptoms may disappear within days, even without treatment, residual bacterial infection is likely and may cause symptoms to recur later.

ELDER TIP Elderly patients may exhibit altered mental status or GI or pulmonary symptoms rather than the usual febrile responses to pyelonephritis.

PEDIATRIC TIP In children younger than age 2, fever, vomiting, nonspecific abdominal complaints, or failure to thrive may be the only signs of acute pyelonephritis.

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Nephrotic syndrome: Signs and symptoms
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))

The dominant clinical feature of nephrotic syndrome is mild to severe dependent edema of the ankles or sacrum, or periorbital edema, especially in children. Edema may lead to ascites, pleural effusion, and swollen external genitalia. Accompanying symptoms may include orthostatic hypotension, lethargy, anorexia, depression, and pallor. Major complications are malnutrition, infection, coagulation disorders, thromboembolic vascular occlusion, and accelerated atherosclerosis.

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005

Nephrotic syndrome: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

The dominant sign of nephrotic syndrome is mild to severe dependent edema of the ankles or sacrum, or periorbital edema, especially in children. Such edema may lead to ascites, pleural effusion, weight gain, and high blood pressure. (See Pathophysiology of nephrotic syndrome.)

Accompanying signs and symptoms include orthostatic hypotension, lethargy, anorexia, depression, and pallor. Major complications are malnutrition, infection, coagulation disorders, thromboembolic vascular occlusion, and accelerated atherosclerosis.

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Pyelonephritis, acute: Signs and symptoms
(Handbook of Diseases)

Typical clinical features include urgency, frequency, burning during urination, dysuria, nocturia, and hematuria (usually microscopic but may be gross). Urine may appear cloudy and have an ammoniacal or fishy odor. Other common symptoms include a temperature of 102° F (38.9° C) or higher, shaking chills, flank pain, anorexia, and general fatigue.

These signs and symptoms characteristically develop rapidly over a few hours or a few days. Although these symptoms may disappear within days, even without treatment, residual bacterial infection is likely and may cause later recurrence of symptoms.

» READ BOOK EXCERPT ONLINE »

Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Diabetic Nephropathy
• Research Alternative Diagnoses for Diabetic Nephropathy
• More about Diabetic Nephropathy
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

Full list of premium articles on symptoms and diagnosis

About signs and symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy. This signs and symptoms information for Diabetic Nephropathy has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Diabetic Nephropathy signs or Diabetic Nephropathy symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Diabetic Nephropathy may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Diabetic Nephropathy symptoms.