What Tests Should Be Taken In Diagnosing Proteinuria

Proteinuria is a common symptom in patient with kidney disease, which is often caused by kidney disease. To diagnose what is the cause of proteinuria, some tests need to be taken.

Routine urine test

Our kidney has the function of keeping the nutrients in blood, but there is still a bit of protein can be found in healthy people’s urine, and its amount is very little. When the protein in urine increases, and when its level is above the normal range, routine urine test will be able to find it.

Thereby, to check whether someone has proteinuria, it is necessary for patient to take routine urine test firstly.

Checking medical history and physical condition

If patient has proteinuria, and to make sure what is the cause of proteinuria, it is necessary to check patient’s medical history and physical condition.

In fact, proteinuria can be caused by many factors. For example, if patient take foods contain much proteinuria, proteinuria will appear. Strenuous exercise can cause patient to have proteinuria, and fever can also cause proteinuria.

Thereby, it is necessary to check whether patient has any medical history like hypertension, diabetes, purpura, etc, and that can make the diagnosis much easier. Besides, if patient’s proteinuria is caused by some diseases, it is easy to find some signs in the physical examination.

Exanimation of Kidney condition

Proteinuria is more likely to be found in patient with kidney disease. To make sure whether his proteinuria is caused by kidney disease, some tests should be taken to know patient’s kidney condition.

In fact, by using some common examination methods like ultrasound, blood test, urine test, etc, it is able to check patient’s kidney condition. Besides, the amount of proteinuria does not stand for the severity of patient’s kidney damage, and to know patient’s kidney condition more exactly, patient’s can also choose renal biopsy.

Thereby, proteinuria can be caused by many reasons, and to diagnose the cause of proteinuria, many tests may be needed.

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