Diabetic Nephropathy occurs due to the long-term damage caused by diabetes to the kidneys. In severe causes, this leads to renal failure that requires dialysis. How long can you live on dialysis with diabetes? Read on to learn more information.

Diabetic kidney disease usually progresses quicker than other types of kidney disease. Once patients go into uremia stage, this disease is irreversible. Therefore, you had better start dialysis early, which can obviously improve your survival rate. Besides, you have a higher risk of heart failure, low blood pressure and infections than other renal failure patients. Those are the main cause of death for Diabetic Nephropathy patients. If you want to live a normal life, it is necessary for you to control those symptoms and complications.

Treatment for Diabetic Nephropathy patients

Besides dialysis, you can try Toxin-Removing Treatment. It is a systemic Chinese medicine treatment, which is consisted of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Foot Bath, Enema Therapy, Navel Therapy, Mai Kang Mixture and so on. It can expel waste products and extra fluid from the blood to make internal environment good for kidney self-healing and other medication application. It can also dilate blood vessels and remove stasis to improve blood circulation and increase blood flow into kidneys so that enough essential elements such as oxygen, nutrients and active ingredients of medicine can be transported into nidus to speed up kidney recovery. After one week’s treatment, your swelling will vanish. Your urine output will increase. And there will be cotton-like substances in urine, which are those wastes being passed out. After half month’s treatment, your high creatinine, high BUN and high uric acid level will go down. After about one month’s treatment, your Diabetic Nephropathy will be under control, and your renal function will be improved gradually. And then you can reduce or even get rid of dialysis.

How long can you live on dialysis with diabetes? Different patients have different physical conditions, so their life expectancy is also different. But as long as you control the disease and its complications well, you can lead a long life. For more information on Diabetic Nephropathy treatment, please leave a message below or contact online doctor.