Protein in Urine 864mg: Should I Go to Nephrologist?

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I am sorry to hear you have high protein in urine. Excessive protein in urine is one of the dominant symptoms of kidney problem, but kidney problem is not the only cause of protein urine. Aside from kidney disease, urinary tract infection, high protein intake and drastic physical exercises can cause protein urine symptom. In normal cases, protein in urine is less than 150mg, and now your protein in urine is 864mg which is abnormal for a healthy individual. Therefore, it is necessary for you to found out what causes your high protein in urine.

Protein in urine is just one of the symptoms of kidney disease. Aside from it, kidney disease patients also suffer from other symptoms which also can help to diagnose kidney disease. These common symptoms include protein urine, high blood pressure, blood urine, swelling/edema, frequent urination at night, fatigue/tiredness, anemia, nausea, vomit, dizziness and so on. If you have some of them symptoms, you are very likely to have developed kidney prpblem.

Besides, to know clear whether you are suffering from kidney disease, you can test some substances in your blood and urine. The followings are the introductions about these substances, hope it is helpful for you.

9 substances in blood indicates kidney damages

10 substances in your urine may imply kidney problem