What is the difference with proteinuria

What is microalbuminuria? What is the difference with proteinuria? Nephropathy patients need to understand, the relationship between urinary microalbumin, urinary protein, and the relationship between urinary protein and renal physicians. After reading, it is known that urine is a very common examination item for patients with kidney disease, but regarding protein, Urine microalbumin, urinary protein, etc., many patients with kidney disease expressed confusion: What are the differences between these two tests?

Clinical significance of urinary protein
It is well-known that there is a plus sign for urine protein, which usually means that the kidneys are damaged. Therefore, urinary protein is one of the important criteria for judging kidney disease.
But there is a problem here: physiological urine protein.
Although the kidney is not damaged, but due to various reasons such as body position, diet, exercise, etc., it will also cause urinary protein plus sign.
Therefore, when there is a plus sign for urinary protein, the doctor will usually ask the patient to do 24-hour urinary protein quantification for further confirmation.
However, it is inconvenient to make 24 urine protein quantification. It involves the collection and preservation of urine and may require hospitalization. Therefore, a test item named "urine protein creatinine ratio" is also called, which is abbreviated as ACR.
ACR is generally used to detect random urine, and the value has a very significant positive correlation with 24-hour urinary protein quantification, so it can well replace 24-hour urinary protein quantitation.

Clinical Significance of Microalbuminuria
The urinary protein test is so rough that although ACR or 24-hour urinary protein quantification can be used as a supplement, there are still some cases that are easily overlooked.
For example, early kidney damage caused by hypertension and diabetes.
This kind of protein leakage caused by elevated glomerular pressure, urinary protein added in the early days, but this time has caused kidney damage, and more importantly, this stage is the best time for treatment.
In order not to miss this optimal treatment opportunity, we have found urinary microalbumin as a solution.
As the name suggests, urinary microalbumin is used to detect urinary proteins below 0.15g/24h.
This is one of the important criteria for early diagnosis of secondary nephropathy such as diabetic nephropathy and hypertensive nephropathy.

The order of urine test in patients with kidney disease
In general, for a newly diagnosed kidney patient, the order of urine tests is probably this:
1, no history of diabetes, hypertension
First check the urine routine. If everything is OK, it's fine. If urinary protein is added, 24-hour urinary protein quantification is required.
If the 24-hour urinary protein quantification is not convenient, ACR can be done.
At this point, you can basically confirm whether or not you have kidney disease.
2, there is a history of diabetes, hypertension
First check the urine routine, if everything is normal, you also need to check urinary albumin for further judgment.
The following steps are consistent with the former case.
Here, everyone should understand the relationship between urinary microalbumin and urinary protein, and also understand why these tests are performed.

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How to overcome stubborn edema

“Due to Lupus Nephritis, I get many symptoms, including serious edema on the whole body, poor sleep, swollen abdomen, nausea and vomiting. Before coming to the hospital, I never thought how should I do, the only thing is to wait for death. Thanks very much for the great Chinese medicine, thanks for the doctors and nurses here. If without them, I would not gain rebirth.” LIMA told us with a smile.

Disease History

LIMA is 31 years old. Seven years ago she was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lupus Nephritis, blood pressure was 130/80mmHg, proteinuria 4+, occult blood 2+, and then joint pain, fever, and dermatitis appeared. Five months ago, she found her blood pressure reached to 140/80mmHg, proteinuria 2+, and occult blood 1+. What is worse, her whole body started to have serious edema, which made her could not walk normally, just lie on the bed. So it is no stranger that she came to our hospital in a wheelchair.

Check-up in Beijing Tongshantang Hospital of TCM

After she arrived at our hospital, our doctor did a systematic check-up for her, which showed her blood pressure 180/120mmHg, proteinuria 3+, occult blood 1+, total protein 65.1 g/L, albumin 33.0g/L, triglyceride 0.95mmol/L, total cholesterol 3.81mmol/L, and weight 59.8kg.

Diagnosis: Stage 5 Lupus Nephritis, Renal Anemia, and Renal Hypertension, etc.

Treatment Schedule

To ensure she could get effective therapy, we invited experts to make treatment schedule according to her years of illness condition, including plasma exchange, diuretic treatment, Chinese medicine treatment, etc.

Chinese medicine treatments have Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy (2/day) to improve the microcirculation of kidneys, Chinese herbal foot bath (2/day) to dredge collaterals and promote blood circulation, and steaming therapy (1/day) to relieve her symptoms, such as fatigue, weakness, and poor sleep.

Curative Effects

Through 15 days of treatments, her edema started to disappear. Nausea and vomiting had been improved greatly. Under the diet guidance of nurse, her body became better and better. Each day she would have a walk in the hall with nurse. About 20 days, the examination showed her blood pressure was controlled in 130/90mmHg, proteinuria reduced to 1+. After 25 days of treatment, her condition kept stable and in order to consolidate the condition, she were willing to take medicines at home. Now, LIMA’s condition has been controlled well, and she starts a new life without edema.

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Proteinuria and High Creatinin Level Which Have Troubled Me Many Years

MALISSA, 66 years old, is a renal failure patient comes from Nigeria. She comes to China to take treatment in Beijing Tongshantang Hospital, and now, her creatinine level has reduced from 959 to 481. Before that, she can hardly to imagine the effect. Let’s see her story.

It was a morning in ten years ago, she found her legs were little swelling, but ignored, taking no treatment. Until five years ago, she started to suffered from headache and mood swing, swelling in her legs were more serious, and sometimes she can not walk. Local hospital test: Blood Pressure 160/100, Hemoglobin 115g/L, Red Blood Cell 4.12*1012/L, Serum Creatinine level 959umol/L, BUN 33.7mmol/L, Urine Acid 594umol/L, Protein 3+, Occult +, and diagnosed as chronic glomerular nephritis, kidney failure(Uremia). Doctor suggested dialysis and western medicine.

But dialysis haven’t changed her condition. Long term dialysis causes nausea, poor appetite, anemia and many other complications. Her condition gets worse. Once search on the internet, her find our hospital and after contacting with our doctor, she decides to come to take treatment.

According to her illness history and physical examination, our experts draft a characteristic Toxin-Removing Treatment for her, it include:

Using western medicine to control hypertension and other serious complications;

Choosing dialysis to remove toxins in blood;

Taking Maikang Mixture and oral taken medicine to improve immune system and promote the blood circulation;

Hot Compress Therapy and Foot Bath Therapy to protect renal from further damage.

20 days later, her edema is gone, and blood pressure is under 130/90, and other index are as follow: Red Blood Cells 4.75*1.12/L, Hemoglobin 128g/L, Serum Creatinine level 481umol/L, Urine Acid 211umol/L, BUN 10.3mmol/L, Protein Urine Negative and Occult -. MALISSA is very satisfied with the treatment and she will continue the Chinese medicine.

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What is diet care for glomerulonephritis

Glomerulonephritis is a kidney disease, then you know the principle of dietary care glomerulonephritis? "Glomerulonephritis" is a urinary tract inflammation caused by direct bacterial infection. Pathogens can rise from the urethra through the bladder, ureter into the renal pelvis and kidney.

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Acute glomerulonephritis diet taboo

Diet should not eat all savory spices and foods containing high protein, should eat some vegetables and fruits with vitamin C.

Chronic glomerulonephritis diet taboo

Diet should eat light and easy to digest low-salt or salt-free diet. In recent years that the proper treatment of chronic renal insufficiency of essential amino acids can improve the efficacy.

Glomerulonephritis care

"Glomerulonephritis" is a urinary tract inflammation caused by direct bacterial infection. Pathogens can rise from the urethra through the bladder, ureter into the renal pelvis and kidney.

"Glomerulonephritis" points "acute glomerulonephritis" and "chronic glomerulonephritis" two. Acute acute if not treated can be converted to chronic; chronic due to treatment or rest and other factors, can also cause acute attack. The disease more common in women, especially women of childbearing age. Clinical manifestations: sudden onset, fever chills, back pain, urinary urgency and urinary disease. Routine examination often with a large number of pus in the pus, white blood cells, red blood cells, proteinuria less common. Urine culture can find bacteria.

Nursing points:

1. Encourage patients to drink more water to increase urination.

2. Regular urinalysis and training to master the disease.

3. Women should pay attention to sexual life, menstrual period, pregnancy health.

4. Baby girl immediately pay attention to clean and sterile diapers.

5. If the patient still does not retreat after treatment or fever but increased, with or accompanied by severe back pain to be hospitalized.

Glomerulonephritis can be regulated by diet, but prompt treatment is also necessary. Accurate pathological diagnosis, diet regulation, the correct treatment, nephritis heal is possible!

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Small cold become nephritis exactly who's wrong

Liu Gang, a junior, has been in very good health with few illnesses. However, he was caught in cold and hot weather half a month ago, and he did not care about taking care of himself or herself. Unexpectedly, his cold was always good and bad for half a month. He suddenly had a fever two days ago and hematuria appeared. He went to the hospital and found that he had acute glomerulonephritis.

Wei Su, a hospital physician, deputy director of Department of Nephrology, said the statistics show that the cause of acute nephritis, upper respir atory tract infection accounts for about 60% to 70%. Cold and hot spring weather, sooner or later hypothermia, bacteria, viruses are very active, vulnerable to upper respiratory tract infection, so patients with acute nephritis also increased.

When a cold, especially a viral cold, triggers immune dysfunction, the immune cells not only do not swallow the bacteria, but contain the bacteria. The bacteria and bacteria in the body combine with the bacteria to form an immune complex. As the blood reaches the kidneys, The deposition of glomerular intrinsic cells, eventually leading to the occurrence of nephritis.


Acute nephritis mostly in sore throat or upper respiratory tract infection 1-2 weeks after onset. When the onset of performance are: varying degrees of loss of appetite, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, headache; some patients without infection may have fever, body temperature is generally around 38 ℃; reduce the amount of urine, dark color and turbidity, followed by the naked eye Hematuria, but the duration is not long, a few days later turned to microscopic hematuria; the vast majority of patients with urine routine examination of protein, usually 2 to 3 weeks after the disease to a small amount of urine protein or traces of 2 to 3 months disappeared, Such as persistent proteinuria is the performance of chronic nephritis.

Remind young people, do not think young flu fever is a trivial matter, be sure to timely treatment, such as cold 1 to 2 weeks still not heal, or appear cold, fever, low back pain, fatigue and urinary blood or foam urinary routine Check, do not carry hard. Acute nephritis early diagnosis and early treatment, the majority of patients with renal function can still gradually return to normal. Avoid handling their own clothes in a variety of advertising drugs, many drugs will increase the burden on the kidneys, may aggravate the condition.

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Urine is a major indicator of kidney health

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Urine is a major indicator of kidney health, attention to their own kidney health, we must first observe the urine, identify the following situations:
Urine bubbles: Under normal circumstances, the lower the tension of urine, not easy to form bubbles. If there is often foam in the urine, it may be due to a problem in the kidneys, causing the body's proteins to run into the urine to form proteinuria.
Urine color a little red: red urine is not necessarily all hematuria, some drugs and food may also lead to reddening of the urine. But under normal circumstances, if you find urine redness, or brown, you should be alert to the possibility of hematuria, especially cold, sore throat, skin infection after the reddish urine.
Often get up at night to the toilet: in the absence of excessive drinking water, if the frequency of urination increased at night, it may be impaired function of the kidney concentrated urine performance.
The amount of urine is less than before: if the volume of urine a day is significantly reduced compared to the past with normal drinking water and without excessive sweating, care must be taken that renal function has been compromised.
Urinary urgency dysuria: These symptoms are common urinary tract infections, if the impact on the part of the upper urinary tract may cause backache or fever.
In addition, there are some systemic manifestations of kidney disease worth to be alert:
The edema of the face, eyelids, and both lower extremities may be due to kidney disease which leads to the inability of the body fluids to drain and the loss of protein in the body. Especially with your fingers press the instep or lower leg will appear obvious depression, but can not be taken lightly.
Some patients with chronic renal failure did not appear at the beginning of the onset of common urine changes or significant edema, but showed gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea, poor appetite.
Damage to the kidneys, the body fluid accumulation, sodium is not easy to excreted, will make blood pressure.

Some systemic diseases seem to have nothing to do with the kidneys, can also cause kidney damage, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic hepatitis B and so on. In addition to regular medical examination, if the abnormalities found in daily life, should go to the hospital for treatment, medical treatment is best to bring their own before the medical records, which can provide doctors with important clues to the diagnosis and treatment.

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How to know the kidney is sick

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The kidney is one of the important organs of the human body, it is located on both sides of the body shaped like broad beans, located on both sides of the abdominal wall spine. The physiological function of the kidney is mainly the secretion of urine, the removal of body metabolites such as waste, poison and drugs, while regulating the body's water and osmotic pressure, reabsorption function to retain water and other useful substances. At the same time it is also a regulatory organ, through the secretion of hormones to regulate the body's metabolism. It is also a regulatory organ that regulates the metabolism in the body by secreting hormone substances. But how do we know if the kidneys are sick? Expert Tip If the following symptoms may be a kidney problem, then you need treatment.

Symptoms of kidney disease 1: pain

One of the early signs of kidney pain is the appearance of pain: the location, nature, and intensity of the pain are often important diagnoses. Acute kidney disease is characterized by the volume of the kidney often increases, leading to a sudden expansion of the kidney capsule, causing dull pain in the flank or rib ridge angle, ureter obstruction, there will be severe angina pectoris, the general incidence of urgent and Pain will spread to different parts of the following abdomen, thigh, etc., renal colic can be intermittent episodes of days, weeks or months.

Symptoms of kidney disease 2: abnormal urination

Urination usually include urinary frequency, urgency, dysuria, nocturia, abnormal urine output and other circumstances. Normal urine output of 1000 ~ 2000 ml / day, with an average of 1500 ml / day or so. Whether urine volume increases or decreases, may be a manifestation of kidney disease, especially at night, polyuria is often a sign of kidney disease. The main performance are: 1, urinary frequency: increased urination frequency, called urinary frequency. When the current urinary tract (bladder and urethra) have inflammation, frequent urination, and discharge urine per discharge less. 2, urgency refers to just finished row urination and urgency to urinate, which can not wait or even wet underwear. Urinary urgency associated with dysuria, common in the bladder, urethra and prostate infections, rare in the stimulation of foreign body. 3, dysuria refers to urination urinary tract pain and burning sensation, common in bladder and prostate infections, often accompanied by urinary tract urinary frequency, urgency, this condition is called bladder irritation, lower urinary tract syndrome or urinary frequency - urination discomfort Syndrome, more common in urinary tract infection, urethral syndrome.

Symptoms of kidney disease 3: edema

If found edema, but also an indication of abnormal renal function. Medical often see a sudden increase in body weight is an extremely sensitive indicator of edema, when the edema is further aggravated eyelid edema can be seen, followed by body sagging also appear edema, such as the ankle, lower extremities, severe cases can also occur ascites, pleural effusion, etc. Press the front of the calf tibia with your finger, there are concave dimples, which can be judged from the body's excess water has reached 4 to 5 kg, which is a typical manifestation of edema.

Symptoms of kidney disease 4: proteinuria


Appear proteinuria, urinalysis after the urine is visible above a layer of small foam and continued for a long time does not disappear, called "foam urine." This is because there is a lot of urine protein, protein in urine appears to be some physiological or transient; others are pathological, such as the emergence of pathological proteinuria, we need to cause our attention.

When drowsiness, low back pain, weak waist, high blood pressure, accompanied by increased or decreased urination, proteinuria, occult blood, eyelid edema, which shows that your kidneys may be ill. Need to take appropriate measures in a timely manner to prevent the disease from deteriorating.

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How do Nephrotic Syndrome patients treat proteinuria effectively

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Nephrotic Syndrome is usually accompanied by protein in urine and high blood pressure. How do Nephrotic Syndrome patients treat proteinuria effectively?
Steroid therapy
In clinical, steroid therapy is the most common treatment for controlling proteinuria. As for nephrotic syndrome patients, they suffer massive proteinuria every day. Most patients take medications to control this condition. This belongs to steroid therapy. Steroids can achieve the purpose of slowing down the progression of kidney disease. They also have better therapeutic effect in eliminating proteinuria. However, experts point out that steroids only cure the symptoms not the disease. The root cause of proteinuria is increased permeability caused by damaged glomerular filtration membrane. Steroids do not restore glomerular filtration membrane. Therefore, patients need to take treatment to repair injured glomerular filtration membrane.
Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy
Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is one of the Chinese Medicine Treatments in
Beijing Tongshantang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine. This therapy is an external application. With the help of osmosis device, the active ingredients can come to kidney lesion directly through skin. The active substances in Chinese medicines can adjust immune system and improve blood circulation, which helps prevent the formation of immune complexes. As there is no immune complex in kidney, inflammation and further kidney damage can be prevented. Besides, relapse of nephrotic syndrome can be avoided effectively. More importantly, through dilating blood vessels, preventing inflammation and coagulation, degrading extracellular matrix and providing necessary nutrients, injured glomerular filtration membrane can be restored to some extent. In this way, proteinuria can be managed effectively and radically.

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Is there any treatment to treat Nephrotic Syndrome

Swelling, proteinuria, elevated blood lipids and hypoproteinuria are four signs of Nephrotic Syndrome. Nowadays, more and more people are suffering from Nephrotic Syndrome. Well then, is there any treatment to treat Nephrotic Syndrome?

A patient has suffered from Nephrotic Syndrome for 6 years. He is bothered by swelling, proteinuria and blood in urine. he has visited many hospitals but there is no improvement of her condition. Recently, her condition relapses and her body weight increases 5kg in just one month. Under the introduction of kidney patients, he knows our hospital and our Toxin-Removing Treatment. he wants to have another try.

First medical report in our hospital

Urine protein 4+

Occult blood 2+

24h urine protein quantity 10.47g

Based on these results and her condition, we give her the consultation of Chinese medical experts and make a treatment plan:

Chinese medicine treatment plan

Hot Compress Therapy: Three times a day and each time for 50 minutes

Mai Kang Mixture: It is taken orally and three times a day.

Umbilical Therapy: Once a day and each time for 20 minutes

Medicated Bath: once every other day and take treatments until you sweat.

Western medicine treatment plan

Improve immunity: Intravenous immunoglobulin

Inhibit immune inflammatory reaction : intravenous prednisolone sodium succinate and oral tacrolimus capsules

Increase urine to eliminate swelling: Torasemide injection and oral hydrochlorothiazide tablets

Anti-coagulation: subcutaneous injection of low molecular-weight heparin calcium

Patients feel fatigue, keep quiet, chest distress and shortness of breath, tongue coating turning white and weak pulse. These are signs of spleen kidney qi deficiency. Chinese medicines can invigorate spleen and kidney like mulberry, nutmeg, red clover and red rooted salvia.

The inhibition of western medicines and the restoration of Chinese medicines can reduce the side effects of western medicines and also reduce complications.

After our treatments, urine protein and occult blood become negative. 24h urine protein quantity is reduced to 0.16g. More importantly, her body weight is reduced 10kg.he feels very good.

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A little boy was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome half year ago

We all know Nephrotic Syndrome relapses frequently. Proteinuria does not disappear even if you have medicine for a long time. It is very frustrating. Actually the effective treatment for proteinuria is Chinese medicine treatments. The following will give you details.

A little boy was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome half year ago. He was under 3 months treatment in his local hospital. But he had no improvement. 24h urine protein quantity is sometimes good and sometimes bad. Swelling comes over and over again.

Under an introduction of one kidney patient, his parents took Tima to our hospital-Beijing Tongshantang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for treatment. After nearly half month of treatment, 24h urine protein quantity was reduced to 0.05g from 6.26g. Seeing this result, his parents were very happy.

Many Nephrotic Syndrome patients consult us why there is no improvement in their condition. It is because the medicines you take only control symptoms. Steroids and immunosuppressant agents are not enough. They do not treat kidney disease from the root. Moreover, if you take steroids for a long time, you will suffer from various side effects like moon face, weight gain, memory loss and buffalo back, etc. Your condition will become worse and worse.

In order to get a good result, the best treatment is a systematic Chinese medicine therapies including Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Medicated Foot Bath, Medicinal Soup, Mai Kang Mixture, Moxibustion Therapy and Steaming Therapy, etc. They can purify your blood and then repair injured kidney tissues through dilating blood vessels, improving blood circulation, preventing inflammation and coagulation, degrading extracellular matrix and providing nutrients. In this way, Nephrotic Syndrome can be treated from the root. Proteinuria and swelling disappear naturally and radically.

As long as you take a correct treatment, kidney disease is curable. The early you take treatment, the better your curative effect will be.

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What herbs are used to treat kidneys leaking protein in urine

Diabetic Nephropathy is a progressive kidney disease caused by damage to the capillaries in the kidneys’ glomeruli. One of its first signs may be proteinuria. Are there herbs for diabetic nephropathy patients to stop kidneys from leaking protein in urine? Our hospital-Beijing Tongshantang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine can help you for proteinuria .

What causes proteinuria in Diabetic Nephropathy?

As blood passes through healthy kidneys, they discharge the waste products out and leave in the things the body needs, like protein. Most proteins are too big to pass through the kidneys’ filters into the urine unless the kidneys are injured. Proteins from the blood can leak into urine when the filters of the kidney, called glomeruli, are damaged. Proteinuria is a typical symptom of diabetic nephropathy.

What herbs are used to treat kidneys leaking protein in urine?

If there are herbs which can repair damaged glomeruli, protein in urine can be effectively controlled. In our hospital-Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, there is a therapy based on traditional Chinese herbs-called Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. But it is different oral Chinese medicine. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is used externally. According to patients’ illness condition, proper herbs will be used. So if you want to know which herbs are suitable for your condition, you need to send your medical reports to kidneycares@hotmail.com. After analyzing your illness condition, our experts will give you a herbal formula used in Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy.

Herbs in Osmotherapy have the functions of expanding blood vessels, preventing inflammation and coagulation, degrading extracellular matrix, providing nutrients for damaged kidney tissues. In this way, damaged glomeruli can be repaired greatly. Then proteinuria can be managed from the root.

This article mainly gives the radical treatment for proteinuria in Diabetic Nephropathy. If you want to have other question or any unclear about this topic, you can consult our online doctor directly. We will reply you as soon as possible.

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