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Query:

Re: what type of urine is excreted by someone who has type II diabetes?

Date: Wed Dec 31 09:42:23 2003
Posted By: Gerald Bock. MD, M.D., Family Practice, Aviation Medicine, Aviation Medical Specialists
Area of science: Medicine
ID: 1072202416.Me
Message:

Good question. Simply put, the increased blood sugar level results in an 
increased level of sugar in the urine. This also causes significant 
osmotic effects pulling more free water into urine. This is just one issue 
and perhaps the least threatening of what will follow unless the disease 
is aggressively treated.

Diabetes itself does damage to the kidney and its ability to function 
correctly. Diabetes has significant effects on small arterioles and 
nerves. Thus in a mechanistic manner it damages the ability of the organ 
to function correctly. Uncontrolled diabetes, particularly the the Insulin 
resistant form will cause a myriad of changes in multiple systems. Some 
individuals estimate that as many as 30 to 40 different sytems and inter-
systems are being adversely affected. Much of this is due to a steady rise 
in the resting level of insulin which occurs as a result of storage cells 
becoming increasingly resistant to insulin and its job of moving sugar 
into cells. I had a dear friend who suffered for a long time from Type II 
Diabetes or the Insulin Resistant form. He ended up with little renal 
function, blindness, strokes and finally hepato-renal failure which is 
usually the end result in many of these cases. So, concentrating ability 
is affected, damage is done to vessels and nerves serving the renal 
tissue, the ability to retain important material such as protein becomes 
damaged and ultimately the kidneys fail to function. 

Keep on studying about Diabetes - it is a very diverse and fascinating 
disesae.


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