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Hyperglycemia, or elevated blood sugar, in patients with diabetes both type 1 and type 2 can cause kidney injury by damaging the filters in the kidney. This is first seen by looking at the urine for protein. So tests checking for protein in the urine are one of the first screening tests that are done to try to identify early kidney injury.
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