Each patient who comes to Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital is surrounded by the most-advanced equipments and techniques, highly trained experts in its use.
The conventional tests for Diabetes Kidney Disease
● Urine tests for albumin, called microalbuminuria. Too much protein is the early sign of kidney damage.
Your doctor also will check your kidneys with BUN and creatinine,
Other lab tests including:
● 24-hour urine protein
● Blood levels of phosphorus, calcium, bicarbonate, PTH, and potassium.
● Hemoglobin.
Besides these tests mentioned above, the followings are the more accurate tests items:
● Uosm
It is used to evaluate the concentration and dilution of kidneys that overmatches specific gravity.
● Urine albumin
This is a sign of early kidney damage that overmatches total protein in the urine.
● mAlb
mAlb is the early indicator of glomerular damage caused by diabetes and is used to evaluate the risk for complications. It is also used to evaluate the effects of high blood pressure treatment.
● Bα- 1MG
Bα- 1MG is in proportion to the creatinine levels.
● Uα- 1MG
Uα- 1MG is related to the function of kidney tubular and it is an indicator of early nephropathy especially tubular damage.
● U-NAG
U-NAG In the early stage of diabetes kidney disease, damage to tubule can occur. It is advised to have a U-NAG and mAlb.
● CysC
CysC can freely pass through the glomerular, not being secreted by tubule. Kidney is the unique organ to filter Cysc. It can better indicate the GFR change. It has 40% sensitivity to diagnose the diabetes kidney disease.
The accurate tests can help early find diabetes kidney disease and takes measures to reverse the kidney disease. After the accurate tests, doctors will discuss the best treatment with the fewest side effects.
