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Hyperglycemia (elevated blood sugar levels), such as would happen in diabetics, can damage the glomeruli.

a. True
b. False

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True

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Hyperglycemia which means high Glucose level in the blood as a result of lack of insulin can damage the glomeruli. This interfere with the function of the glomeruli. Normally glomeruli fiters blood and remove nutrients to form urine but hyperglycemia will affect it's negatively and will make protein to leak from the blood into the urine. This can also lead to glomeruli called glomerulosclerosis.

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