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Scarred glomeruli in the kidney of a person with diabetic nephropathy. [edit on Wikidata] Diabetic nephropathy (or diabetic kidney disease) is a progressive kidney disease caused by damage to the capillaries in the kidneys' glomeruli. It is characterized by nephrotic syndrome and diffuse scarring of the glomeruli.
Nephropathy, or kidney disease, is among the most serious complications for many diabetics and the leading cause of kidney failure in the United States. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), there were more than 398,861 Americans with end-stage kidney disease living by means of dialysis in 2009.