can viral infections cause proteinuria?
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High blood pressure and proteinuria 2+?
Just came from the dr today and i've been told that m,y blood pressure is high and i have protein in my urine. This is my 4th pregnancy - I have had pre-eclampsia in 2 pregnancies so I pretty much know that these are the signs.
Am only 21 weeks along and things are already looking so bleak:(
Has anyone been thru this and did they have a happy ending? If so what did you do?
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I had high blood pressure and pre eclampsia and hellp sydrome on frist pregnancy, my daughter was born at 28 weeks. For my second I was put on Nuseals 75 which is heart medication which contains low dose asprin. It prevents pre-elclampsia. I took it until 36 weeks and second child was born at 38 weeks (
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can proteinuria make you tired?
YES!
Symptoms Of Proteinuria Indicating Active Disease May Include:
* Bone pain, if you have bone lesions due to your myeloma
* Fatigue if you have anemia or are undergoing your chemotherapy,
* Confusion, dizziness or excessive sleepiness if you have high blood calcium levels (Hypercalcemia) due to your active disease.
* Neuropathy - if you have protein deposits in your fingers and toes due to your disease
* You may not be urinating very often. Your urine may be dark or red blood-tinged. You may have pain or an urgency to use the bathroom.
* You may have fever or chills, if you have an infection
* You may be OVERLY TIRED, or very weak (fatigued). It may be hard for you to do any kind of your normal activities. Your muscles may become extremely weak.
* You may notice that your feet or ankles are swelling. You may feel "puffy".
* You may have nausea or vomiting. Some people experience a loss of appetite.
* You may become confused, or have a seizure. (
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effct of proteinuria on gfr?
Isn't this a chicken and the egg type of thing?
Proteinuria leads to decreased GFR which leads to deceased renal function which further decreases GFR.
I think the jury is still out on this one.
Please post if you hear any further info! (
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can kidney stones cause proteinuria??
I know this is a really difficult question but can the stones cause a trace amount of protein in your urine? There is a trace amount only when my urine is concentrated and I also have microscopic hematuria. I know that hematuria can cause protein but usually it's gross hematuria that causes that. Also, I haven't been exercising so it's not that. thanks so much to anyone that answers this hard one.
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see it all depends in how big the stone is and where it is lodged. proteins r usually too big particles to pass through the kidney endothelium which act as filters.
but if the stone is obstucting the flow of urine, it can increase the pressure in the filtering mechanism which r very fragile leading to their disrupiton and so proteins start appearing in the urine. also small crystals directly can damage the endothelium and cause proteinuria and microscopic hematuria. (
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Trace Proteinuria....is this ok!?
I went for a pre-employment screening to work at a hospital...they did blood work, EKG, chest x-ray, and urinalysis....The doctor said everything was fine except I had trace protein in my urine. I have read that this is normal. I am a nursing student so if I were talking to anyone else, I would tell them not to worry about it...but since it is myself, I'm a little nervous...Do I have anything to worry about? The doctor said he wasn't trying to scare me but that it's related to kidney problems...Obviously, I know this, but he didn't send me for any other tests or anything....Should I worry?
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Trace protein--probably not. If it was a first am urine or after any strenuous workout it is normal to have trace protein in the urine. Also, if it was read by a automated urine system, the protein is often over-read as trace as the color change from neg to trace is very subtle. Even a small UTI will give at times a trace protein. To truly test fro protein you need to have it quantified (where they run it to get an actual #). Unless a dip comes back at 1-2+ and higher, I would not worry. Kidney problems usually spill more protein than trace as well. (
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Can we say that our patient was misdiagnosed?
i am a nursing student and we're doing a case study on preeclampsia. while studying about it, i've read that to have preeclampsia, u have to have hypertension and proteinuria. but our client has only hypertension, but no proteinuria. but whats written on the doctor's diagnosis is preeclampsia. we have submitted our paper and while the defense is still 2 weeks from now, some professors are questioning now why we proceeded with the study when we know that the patient is not a candidate for preeclampsia. i know they will ask this again on the defense day.how and what should i,as a leader, answer? pls help.
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As a former nursing student myself, you cannot be that blatant and say that doctors "misdiagnosed" the patient. You can, however, say that you FEEL the doctors may have jumped at this too soon and MAYBE they should have looked into it more.
You have to be very careful about saying anyone misdiagnosed a patient. That could be a lawsuit just waiting to happen. I say you have a helluva case with this, as it is definite that by saying a patient is pre-eclampsia they have to have both symptoms.
I feel you'll do okay with this case study, but just don't say that you "KNOW" that it was a misdiagnosis, but kinda dance around the subject.
Good luck girl and WTG on catching this.. (
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can urinary tract infection (uti) cause proteinuria??
ive recently had a 24 hour urine test and it showed i have large amount of protein in it... but when i did the blood work after that my doctor told me that the BUN and Creatinine ratio were normal... i didnt really get the numbers and all that...so she told me that shes still referring me to a nephrologist...but just recently she ask me to do another urine test and this time it showed positive for protein and at the same time i have living BACTERIA in it... and im peeing a lot too... doesnt matter if its night time or day time.... so my question is... does having a UTI cause large amount of protein in the urine too???
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Pylonephritis is an infection of the kidney with bacteria that causes protienuria.
That is what your lab results indicate.
Here is the good news:
Kidney diseases, hypertension, and diabetes are causes of protienuria. They are much more serious than a simple infection of the kidney causing this and can lead to kidney failure. You do not have these.
The test results you describe appear to indicate infection rather than the many more serious diseases that can lead to kidney failure.
As to UTI-
UTI means the urinay tract start to finish, which is what you have, infection of the entire urnary tract, with the proteinurea from the infection of the kidney, the frequency from the infection of the bladder.
But many times in use UTI is the phrase used for something less than pyleonephritis, something below the kidney.
UTI of the lower urinary tract, without infection in the kidney, does not cause proteinurea.
The UTI may be euphemistically used, or simple miscommunication but it is an infection of the kidney.
Think of the urinary system as a whole.
From outlet of the urethra, back up to bladder, up the ureters to the kidney you have a system.
Women especially, get an ASCENDING infection, that starts out at the entrance to the system and ascends up the system to the kidney resulting in a pylonephitis (kidney infection).
Along the way the have urethritis, cystitis, and finally pyelonephritis.
So it can be a smooth continual ascension from the tract below to the top of the plumbing.
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It appears from your information you just have an infection of your kidney.
Compared to other causes of proteinuria, this can be easy clinically to cure and to have no lasting effects if caught early.
Also good news is your doctor is using caution to refer you for an evaluation by a nephologist even though your BUN and Creatinine are normal. Usually you are not referred unless these are abnormal or there is some other indication for the referal.
As to frequency, infection causes you to have both frequency and urgency. This is the urge to urinate immediately and frequently.
Here is a good site for all your questions about proteinuria and what causes it.
http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/proteinuria/
So carry on with your doctor's orders, which I assume includes an antibiotic to end the infection. (
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Foamy bubbles when going pee is do to?
1.infection
2.may be Semen
3.prostate enlargement
4.retrograde ejaculation
5.rinary tract infection
6.excess protein in the urine.
7.retrograde ejaculation
8 problem with kidney
9.pressure ( some people have more pressure )
That is all I can thing of.
What is retrograde ejaculation or glomerulus ? Some say it couls be etrograde ejaculation or glomerulus.
What is overflow proteinuria ? And why do some people get protein in the urine ?
Could this be problem or not ?
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All of the following are features of preeclampsia except?
a.)edema.
b.) diabetes.
c.)proteinuria.
d.)high blood pressure.
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