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Can Accident Be The Reason For High Protein Level Due To Kidney Damage?
Hi, I had a kidney transplant four years ago and have been doing great until I found out yesterday that I now have a very high level of protein in my urine and must have a biopsy tomorrow at the hospital. I had a car accident where I was trapped in by the seatbelt hanging sideways on my transplant kidney side...this was about six to eight weeks ago...I also had a fall from a set of stair a few weeks before that where I landed on my transplant part of my belly, pretty hard. Can either of these types of occurrence cause kidney damage resulting in the high protein levels?
Fri, 14 Oct 2016
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Thanks for query .
You have undergone kidney transplant 4 years back and have been detected to have high level of Proteinuria which you are suspecting it to be due to damage to the kidney resulting from trauma that you have sustained twice during last 4 months at the site of surgery (Transplanted kidney).
Please note that trauma to the kidney will be reflected by passing blood in urine immediately after trauma where as proteinuria is due pathology in filtering unit of kidney (Glomeruli) which can be detected only on microscopic examination which needs to be confirmed by doing Renal Biopsy .
Dr.Patil.
Thanks for query .
You have undergone kidney transplant 4 years back and have been detected to have high level of Proteinuria which you are suspecting it to be due to damage to the kidney resulting from trauma that you have sustained twice during last 4 months at the site of surgery (Transplanted kidney).
Please note that trauma to the kidney will be reflected by passing blood in urine immediately after trauma where as proteinuria is due pathology in filtering unit of kidney (Glomeruli) which can be detected only on microscopic examination which needs to be confirmed by doing Renal Biopsy .
Dr.Patil.
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