Night Urination - Diabetic Nephropathy

With kidney disease, some Diabetics may experience increased night urination. As we have known, frequent urination is a typical symptom of Diabetes because the high blood sugar forces more water to be filtered out of the body. In case Diabetic Nephropathy is combined, Diabetics find themselves urinate often especially at night, even if their blood glucose has been controlled well.

Increased night urination in Diabetic Nephropathy is caused by damaged renal tubular dilution and concentration functions. Hypertension may have played a key role in causing renal tubular damage. Management of hypertension not only remits the symptom, but also is quite essential in slowing down progression of kidney damage.