Renal complications of diabetes include glomerular complications (also known as glomerulosclerosis), renal atherosclerosis, and renal and urinary tract infections. Diagnosis of renal failure in diabetic patients is essential for effective treatment and prevention of complications.

Management and treatment of diabetic kidney disease requires active multi-faceted treatment, including: blood pressure control, maintaining stable control of blood sugar and blood lipids, and treating concomitant diseases that make the disease worse.

Diabetic nephropathy is a serious complication that occurs in the kidneys of patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. About 25% of diabetic patients develop kidney complications.