Zhongguo quanke yixue (Apr 2022)

Recent Advances in Chinese and Western Medicine Treatments for Diabetic Kidney Disease

  • Ying WANG, Jingwei ZHOU, Zhen WANG, Yingxia YANG, Yaoxian WANG

DOI
https://doi.org/10.12114/j.issn.1007-9572.2021.02.117
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 12
pp. 1411 – 1417

Abstract

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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a leading cause of chronic kidney disease in China, which greatly negatively impacts public health and patients' quality of life. Recently, multiple guidelines have updated their recommendations to optimize the treatment and management of individuals with DKD. New antihyperglycemic drugs offer new options for DKD. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has a long history in treating DKD, and relevant theories have been continuously enriched and developed. Along with the increasing application of evidence-based medicine in TCM research, the benefits of TCM treatments in DKD have been gradually recognized and valued, such as relieving fatigue, edema, backache and other symptoms, lowering protein in the urine, protecting kidney function, enhancing treatment efficiency, reducing the risk of end-stage renal disease, and improving the long-term prognosis. This article gave a summary and strengths analysis of the latest advances in TCM and Western medicine treatments for DKD.

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