High blood pressure and type 2 diabetes are complex co-morbidities that greatly increase the risk of diabetic kidney disease and eventual kidney failure. Carrying out a simple test and instituting the appropriate anti-hypertensive therapy could well help preserve kidney function.
TYPE 2 diabetes or non-insulin dependent diabetes is a serious progressive disease that is reaching epidemic proportions. In fact, of the more than 151 million people worldwide who have diabetes, 97% have type 2. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has predicted that it will affect more than 300 million people worldwide by 2025.