Research Progress of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine in the Treatment of Early Diabetic Nephropathy

Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a specific damage of diabetes, early DN can be manifested as microproteinuria, the symptoms are insidious, not easy to be detected, it will cause irreversible damage to the kidneys in a short period of time, and it can develop into kidney failure with the gradual progression of the disease, which seriously threatens the health of patients. Therefore, early intervention and effective treatment are crucial to reverse kidney damage and delay the progression of the disease. This article analyzes the literature on the treatment of DN in recent years, and clarifies that the combination of traditional Chinese and Western medicine has an ideal effect in the treatment of early DN, in order to provide reference for the clinical treatment of DN.