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What Causes Positive Albumin In A Urine Test?
i am 55 years old. in my urine report red cells 4-6/hpf, pus cells 2-3/hpf, albumin positive, epithelial cells positive. my blood urea is 1.6mmol/L and serum creatinine is 155micromol/L. serum electrolytes are sodium 131mmol/L and potassium 3.9mmol/l.what is the most probable disease?
Fri, 23 Jan 2015
Hai,
Albumin positive in urine tests shows some abnormality.
as other parameters seems to be normal.
as serum urea and creatinine level are within normal.that shows normal functioning of kidney.
albumin deposition will be there in systemic disease condition like diabetes/hypertension.
however, kindly correlates with your clinical symptom.
thank you
hope i answered your query
Albumin positive in urine tests shows some abnormality.
as other parameters seems to be normal.
as serum urea and creatinine level are within normal.that shows normal functioning of kidney.
albumin deposition will be there in systemic disease condition like diabetes/hypertension.
however, kindly correlates with your clinical symptom.
thank you
hope i answered your query
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