The human body is constantly changing, and very often certain diseases overtake it. What if urine protein is detected? What does this mean and how to deal with the problem?
About the disease
Every person has protein in their urine. This is normal, it should be so. However, there are situations when its accumulation exceeds acceptable indicators, and then it is already possible to talk about a disease such as proteinuria. Simply put, figuring out why protein appeared in the urine, what this means, it is worth noting that this is the wrong work (pathology) of the kidneys. If its performance in the test material exceeds 50 mg per day, you can already sound the alarm. However, proteinuria can be true (really associated with pathology), false or functional (not related to kidney disease).
Functional proteinuria
I would like to dwell in more detail on functional proteinuria, because if a person has it, it is unlikely that he will know anything about this disease. So, why would seemingly healthy people have an increase in protein in their urine? What does this mean and what is it fraught with? The reasons for its increase can be the following: prolonged hypothermia, stress or depression, prolonged insolation (staying in open sunlight) and even physical activity (especially among weightlifters). Protein can also increase after consuming raw milk and eggs in large quantities per day before submitting your own biomaterial for research. Analysis of a person who incorrectly collected material can also give incorrect indicators, especially for women. Protein can enter the container if the bladder, ureter, urethra are inflamed, as well as if tests are being taken during menstruation. And another main reason for the increase in protein in the urine is the pregnancy of the lady.
Pregnancy
Many women who have gone through such a difficult stage as pregnancy know that protein in the urine is not good. But what exactly does this mean? So, it can appear in an increased amount in the analyzes as a result of the impaired work of the kidneys, when they simply can not cope with their duty, and the protein in undigested form can be excreted through the urine (the whole new physiological state of the lady is to blame). Protein can also affect early toxicosis, the consumption of certain products, which can give undesirable indicators in the analyzes. But in addition to simple and not terrible reasons, it can indicate a woman’s diseases such as gestosis or nephropathy, which pose a threat even to the baby. Therefore, if the protein norm in the urine was slightly exceeded during pregnancy, this means that you need to retake the analysis, adjust your own diet, and carefully monitor blood pressure and the appearance of edema.
Children
It is also important to find out why protein in the urine of a child can increase, the causes and methods of treatment for this disease. So, it is worth noting that it is very important for children to periodically pass certain tests in order to identify ailments that can develop in the children's body in the early stages. But it also happens that in a child (an older age or adolescent), orthostatic proteinuria is detected, which is completely harmless to the body. To determine it, you need to collect two servings of urine: the first morning, the next - throughout the day. If no protein is detected in the first, everything is fine. Experiencing because of its increase in the afternoon is not worth it. If, in the analysis, a young child has protein in the urine, what does this mean? This may indicate kidney disease. However, before making a diagnosis, any doctor will double-check the tests to accurately rule out a mistake.