Is proteinuria kidney disease

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Proteinuria the appearance of protein in the urine. Generally, although there is protein in the urine of normal people, the content of protein is very low and cannot be detected. Now let's talk about whether proteinuria must be kidney disease.

Is proteinuria kidney disease

First, if there is protein in your urine, then there must be something wrong with your kidney. But it's hard to say whether it's kidney disease or not, because sometimes the kidney changes temporarily due to some reasons, such as eating too much meat and catching a cold today. So it doesn't need to be dealt with, but this situation is rare, So you are more likely to have kidney disease.

Second: there are many reasons for positive proteinuria, not all of which indicate nephropathy. For example, functional proteinuria is a benign process, which often occurs in high fever, strenuous exercise, acute disease and upright position; in addition, it basically indicates renal diseases, including glomerular and tubular lesions.

Third: proteinuria (+) is not necessarily kidney disease, urinary tract infection, myeloma, malignant tumor will also appear after proteinuria, in addition, some drugs will also cause proteinuria false (+), so we still need to consider comprehensively, but nephritis is the most likely.

matters needing attention

The common disease of patients with proteinuria will be accompanied by proteinuria, edema with proteinuria and hematuria with proteinuria and a series of adverse symptoms. This will affect the normal life of patients. It brings trouble, discomfort and trouble to patients.