Can Renal Failure Cause Blood Sugar to Rise

When your kidneys fail to work, a series of complications will occur. Some renal failure patients suffer from raised blood sugar level. Can renal failure cause blood sugar to rise?

Kidney failure can affect blood sugar level.

Kidney is blood filtration organ. The damaged kidneys can not remove the excess fluid and waste products from the blood. When toxin concentration in the blood is very high, they may impair other organs of your body, including pancreas islet. And then your blood sugar level increases.

Besides, medications can raise your blood sugar as well. For kidney failure patients, thiazide diuretics are often used to flush out the excess fluid so as to relieve edema. But they can inhibit the function of insulin, leading to high blood sugar level. Steroids are also the common used drugs to inhibit kidney inflammation and reduce protein leakage. But they can promote the metabolism of fat, counteract the function of insulin, and block the utilization of glucose to make your blood sugar level high.

High blood sugar can cause further kidney damage.

When your blood sugar level is high, your kidneys have to work hard to remove the excessive sugar from your body, which can cause further damage to your kidneys. Besides, high blood sugar can make the blood vessels fragile so that protein which should be retained in the body leaks out. Therefore, as long as your blood sugar level increases, you should take treatment as early as possible to normalize it.

Can renal failure cause blood sugar to rise? In some cases, it can. Kidney failure can also cause some other complications. Therefore, to lead a normal life with kidney failure, you should repair the damaged kidneys and improve kidney function. In TCM, there are many therapies, such as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Foot Bath, Mai Kang Mixture and various medicinal soup. They can set up a good blood environment for kidney self-healing and provide the damaged kidneys with essential elements to speed up recovery. If you are interested in these therapies, you can leave a message below or send emails to kidneycares@hotmail.com.