Dialysis for diabetic nephropathy patients includes peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis, and kidney transplantation is feasible for patients with conditions. Diabetic nephropathy refers to the chronic kidney disease caused by diabetes mellitus, and the lesion can involve the whole kidney (including glomerulus, tubule, interstitium, etc.). Diabetic nephropathy is a combination of diabetes mellitus in about 20% to 40% of diabetic patients in China, and has now become the main cause of chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. Risk factors for diabetic nephropathy include poor lifestyle habits, age, disease duration, blood glucose, blood pressure, obesity (especially abdominal obesity), lipids, uric acid, environmental pollutants and so on. Decreased renal function is significantly associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality in patients. Patients diagnosed with diabetic nephropathy requiring dialysis should actively cooperate with doctors for treatment, and maintaining a good mindset and healthy lifestyle can help improve the prognosis.