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04/26/09 08:26 AM

"Why does the article on kidney disease focus on type 1 diabetes? Do people with Type 2 not have the same problems?"
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I have Type 2 diabetes and found some parts of this excellent article could definitely pertain to questions I have about kidney disease. Should I just read this article as though it pertains to my situation also? Or is the kidney disease of a Type 1 person different than mine?

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04/28/09 09:25 PM

Dear reader. The author of the article you read was focusing on the kidney disease that can occur in diabetes, especially in Type 1 diabetes. Yes, it can occur in Type 2 diabetes, as well. I work in our dialysis clinic and I see many patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes go on to need dialysis. Usually they have had high blood pressure for years and it has not been well controlled. Many people with type 1 diabetes have more damage to tiny blood vessels while those with type 2 have damage to larger blood vessels. That is why the article focused on damage caused by Type 1 diabetes.
Answered By: Janice Fisher
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04/29/09 01:36 PM

I Have had diabetes type 2 since 1986 . my A1C has always been under 6 but my blood presure has always been high .I didn't get put on different medications until three years ago when I changed physcians so I developed kidney disease an now I am on Dialysis am also on an insulin pump.
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