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Diabetic kidney disease and Symptoms

Diabetic kidney disease and Symptoms
Professor Ian W Campbell
NetDoctor

Long-standing diabetes causes changes in small blood vessels that can lead to damage of the kidneys. This damage can result in severe kidney failure.

Subtle damage to the kidneys can start within a year or so of Type 1 diabetes, and can be present at diagnosis in Type 2, but it usually takes 5 to 10 years to become a noticeable problem.


What are the symptoms?

There are no symptoms when diabetic kidney disease first develops. Later, the following signs of decreased kidney function are:

fatigue

nausea and vomiting

itchy skin

a metal taste in the mouth

heartburn

swelling in the limbs and/or eyelids due to the build-up of fluid in the tissues (oedema).

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