Pancreas and kidneys
Uncontrolled diabetes can damage many tissues of the body,
including the kidneys. Kidney damage caused by diabetes most often
involves thickening and hardening of the small arteries in the
kidney. Strict blood glucose control may delay the progression of
kidney disease in type 1 and type 2 diabetics.
Review Date: 5/20/2009
Reviewed By: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
Also reviewed by Deborah Wexler, MD, Assistant Professor of
Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Endocrinologist, Massachusetts
General Hospital.
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