Diabetic patients who come to the doctor often express their fear of drugs.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Kidney problems experienced diabetic patient not caused by drugs, but blood sugar that is not controlled. This was revealed by a specialist in internal medicine metabolic endocrine consultant from the Indonesian Endocrinology Association (Perkeni) Prof DR dr Si dartawan.
“Actually, it’s the kidney damage if diabetes not controlled. If the sugar is high, the damage will continue and if it is damaged, it cannot be returned,” he said in the media gathering online entitled “Prevent Early” Kidney Complications on Diabetes Fighters”, Tuesday (16/11).
According to Prof. Sidartawan, until now diabetic patients who consult doctors often express their fear of drugs. Some argue, drugs damage the kidneys.
He did not deny that there are certain medicines that patients cannot take if they have kidney problems. Therefore, the doctor will usually examine the overall condition of the patient’s organs such as the heart and kidneys to determine which drug should be given.
“Depending on kidney function, there are drugs that can be given and should not be given,” he said, adding that often patients do not know they have diabetes.
The same thing was also expressed by a specialist in kidney disease and hypertension consultant from the University of Indonesia, Dr. Tunggul D Situmorang. Like Prof Sidartawan, he also emphasized that the cause of kidney damage in diabetic patients was not medicine, but not achieving the target for controlling blood sugar.
“The main causes of kidney failure and even dialysis are hypertension and uncontrolled diabetes,” he said.
Tunggul said, hypertension and diabetes can appear together. About two out of three patients who have dialysis, due to diabetes and hypertension. “If it can be prevented early, blood sugar can be controlled properly, if hypertension is well controlled, then we will be able to prevent kidney failure or at least slow down not to do dialysis,” said Tunggul.
source: Between
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