2012/01/12

High Levels of Glucose Leads to Kidney Failure

Generally, glucose will be delivered into body cells for energy after people eat food. That is to say, there is no or a small certain glucose in blood. However, glucose level will rise due to the insulin resistance caused by immune system or no insulin or less insulin produced by the islet cells.
If patients' glucose level is controlled well, their kidneys may not be damaged. It is high levels of glucose that damage their kidneys.
In order to discharge extra glucose in their blood, their body tries to do this job. And then a certain amount of glucose will be discharged along with the urine.
But too much glucose builds up in their kidneys, the blood vessels in their kidneys will be damaged gradually.
In the early stage of kidney damage, there is no overt symptoms. But there is a small amount of protein in their urine, which may indicate the kidneys have been damaged.
When a large amount of protein in the urine occur, the kidneys are damaged severely. In this stage, patients are experiencing Kidney Failure.
Stem cells treatment can help patients decrease high glucose level by differentiating islet cells.

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