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How can i help keep my diabetes from turning into kidney disease?

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Diabetes Control: Aggresively control your diabetes is the best way to protect your kidneys. The kidneys are innocent bystanders and are affected by other disease process. Your kidneys wont be affected if you control other chronic medical conditions like hypertension and diabetes.

Dr Kandarpa agreed

Answered 2/20/2014

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Control sugars: Aggresively control your diabetes is the best way to protect your kidneys. The kidneys are innocent bystanders and are affected by other diseases. Your kidneys wont be affected if you control chronic medical conditions like hypertension and diabetes.

Dr Kandarpa agreed

Answered 7/7/2015

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Control: Best way is to control the diabetes and if you have high blood pressure, control that too.

Dr Khanna and another doctor agreed

Answered 7/20/2012

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