Aldukhayel Abdulrhman
Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Health Sci (Qassim). 2017 Jan-Mar;11(1):1-4.
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is a public health concern worldwide and an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Type 2 DM is associated with microvascular and macrovascular complications. Diabetic nephropathy (DN), which is characterized by proteinuria, is one of the most serious long-term microvascular complications of DM. The proportion of DN is increasing worldwide. DN is the leading cause of chronic kidney diseases and end-stage renal disease, which constitutes the major workload of dialysis centers worldwide. Microalbuminuria (MA) is the earliest sign of DN, so the early detection of MA and early control of diabetes retards the progression of DN.
2型糖尿病(DM)是全球范围内的公共卫生问题,也是发病和死亡的重要原因。2型糖尿病与微血管和大血管并发症相关。以蛋白尿为特征的糖尿病肾病(DN)是糖尿病最严重的长期微血管并发症之一。DN在全球的比例正在上升。DN是慢性肾脏病和终末期肾病的主要病因,这构成了全球透析中心的主要工作量。微量白蛋白尿(MA)是DN的最早迹象,因此早期检测MA和早期控制糖尿病可延缓DN的进展。