what is the difference between kidney disease and diabetes?

Diabetes is a condition in which the body is not producing enough insulin. Insulin allows the body to use the sugar (which is the basic source of energy- your body breaks down anything with carbohydrates into a simple sugar). Without insulin your body must break down fat and protein to keep you alive, which eventually leads to some bad side effects. Without insulin your blood glucose (the level of sugar in the blood) is above a healthy range. Which can lead to lots of complications, including kidney disease.
This can be caused be diet, age, and genetics among type two diabetics. In type two is the most common type of diabetes, it can be managed be diet, oral medication, or in some more sever cases injections. Type one diabetes is a genetic disease in which the immune system attacks the cells in the pancreas that produce insulin.

Kidney disease means that the kidneys are damaged. Kidneys help clean your blood, regulate the concentration of minerals in your blood, and help regulate blood pressure. Kidney damage means that these functions can not be carried out. Waste and fluid build up in the body, it can cause vomiting, shortness or breath, poor sleep swollen ankels, etc. Kidney disease is very serious and can, if left untreated, result in kidney failure, which can be fatal.


If you have uncontrolled diabetes the high sugar concentration can put a strain on your kidneys and eventually lead to kidney disease, but kidney disease is a completely different disease. While diabetes can lead to kidney disease, it is essentially a disease of the pancreas, while kidney disease is a disease of the kidneys.

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Everything. Kidney disease involves the kidneys, diabetes involves the pancreas.