Q:
My daughter has had type 3 Diabetes for 3 years. She has foams in urine which is diagnosed as proteinuria by doctor….. blood glucose is out of control… Is it kidney disease? Will the proteinuria go away?
A:
As far as I am concerned, it is Diabetic Nephropathy that is causing the proteinuria. Diabetic Nephropathy is kidney disorder which may result from poor controlling of both type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. The kidney filter, known as glomerulus, filtrates bloodstream and stops proteins from escaping into urine. Diabetes can damage glomerular filtration membrane. If glomerular cells are impaired, a higher amount of proteins will be present in urine. In Diabetic Nephropathy, the amount of protein in urine increases with worsening of kidney damage.