Letters in Health and Biological SciencesLetters in Health and Biological SciencesLetters in Health and Biological SciencesLetters in Health and Biological Sciences2475-6245Ommega Online PublishersNew Jersey, USA137610.15436/2475-6245.17.013Research ArticleMicroalbuminuria in DiabetesMicroalbuminuria in DiabetesSatyam Prakash 1Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry Janaki Medical College Teaching Hospital Janakpurdham Nepal 2Medical Microbiologist and Lecturer Krishna Medical Technical Research Center Janakpurdham Nepal Editor* E-mail: sprakashy2424@gmail.com
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
20170905201721LHBS-17-RW-137610022017030520172017Creative Commons Attribution LicenseThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. nbsp emsp emsp Diabetes has become the main public health challenge for the 21st century Pronounced changes in the human environment and in human behavior and lifestyle have accompanied globalization and these have resulted in escalating rates of diabetes Microalbuminuria is considered as a clinically important indicator of deteriorating renal function in diabetic patients Microalbuminuria is the strong predictor of diabetic nephropathy which is the main cause of mortality and morbidity in patients with diabetes mellitus It is also characterized by increased prevalence of arterial hypertension proliferative retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy Detection of microalbuminuria is an indication for initiation of appropriate therapy for the purpose of preventing the advance of progressive diabetic nephropathy Diabetic kidney disease or nephropathy is the most common cause of end stage renal disease ESRD or kidney failure One of the early markers of not only diabetic nephropathy but also vascular disease in patients with diabetes is the presence of microalbuminuria The primary constituent of urinary protein in diabetic nephropathy is albumin Consequently quantification of urinary albumin excretion is central to any description of diabetic renal disease Other renal diseases that occur with greater frequency in diabetic patients include asymptomatic bacteriuria pyelonephritis papillary necrosis and radiocontrast induced renal failure Primary prevention of diabetes is the ideal In this concern this review briefly highlights the features of diabetes diabetic nephropathy and different perspectives of microalbuminuria in diabetes 10