“I am an diabetic patient since 22 years. Recently my urine has big amount of protein. Lab test reported that it is ++, but my creatinine level is normal. What are the medicine for that?” This is an email we received in renal-disease@hotmail.com. Considering that a lot of diabetics experience the similar problem, we write this article to help you.

From the description, it is not hard to find out that you have kidney disease caused by diabetes. But your kidney disease is still in the early stage, because your creatinine level has not elevated yet.

How does diabetes cause urine protein?

Glomeruli are the components that carry out the primary filtering action of the kidney. When the blood goes through the glomeruli, waste products and extra fluid are filtered out, while protein are retained in body. But now your glomeruli are damaged by the high blood sugar level so that protein is filtered into urine, leading to proteinuria.

The more protein in urine suggests the more serious damage of your glomeruli. If their damage can not be repaired, creatinine which should be filtered into urine will stay in your blood due, and then your creatinine level will go up. In the future, you will develop renal failure. At that time, dialysis must be started.

Treatment for diabetes with urine protein ++

Conventional treatment is to use ACEI, ARB, steroids or immunosuppressants to reduce protein leakage, but this is only stopgap measure. It is likely for you to suffer from relapse. In our hospital, we use systemic Chinese medicine to treat patients with kidney disease. The most commonly used treatment is Toxin-Removing Treatment. It takes advantage of numerous Chinese medicine therapies such as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Mai Kang Mixture and oral Chinese medicine to make internal environment good for kidney self-healing and other medication application. After about half month’s treatment, your proteinuria will decrease. Because your kidney function increases gradually, protein in urine will turn negative eventually and get permanent control.

After being treated with our treatment, not only can the aggravation of your kidney disease be stopped in the early stage, but also your renal filtration function can be improved greatly. In this way, the protein in urine will be remitted. Besides, your diabetes can be controlled well.