Starting five years following your diagnosis, screening for diabetic nephropathy is advised if you have type 1 diabetes. In the event that type 2 diabetes is diagnosed in you, screening will start right away.
-Urinary albumin test. The blood protein albumin can be found in your urine by performing this test.Typically, the kidneys don't filter albumin out of the blood. A high level of protein in the urine can point to poor kidney function.
-Albumin/creatinine ratio. A chemical waste product called creatinine is removed from the blood by healthy kidneys. Another indicator of kidney function is the albumin/creatinine ratio, which compares the amount of albumin to creatinine in a urine sample.
-Glomerular filtration rate (GFR). Estimating how rapidly the kidneys filter blood (glomerular filtration rate) can be done using the amount of creatinine in a blood sample. Poor kidney function is indicated by a low filtration rate.
Other tests include Imaging tests and Kidney biopsy.