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What Does Protein Level Of 100 Suggest?
My mom is a diabetic patient since last 35 yrs.She is 75yrs old,52 kg,heigt is 5ft2inches. now she had problem in eyenerves. we found early nefrities also. we take treatment for that.in some time she felldown in unconcious stge.she takes 22units of insulin in the morning and one glycheck 40,tablet at the night. Hametology test is also taken every month.proten level is 100. what i can do decrease the proten level.please tell me.
Fri, 22 Aug 2014
Hello,
Your mother has a kidney complication of diabetes. The presence of protein in the urine is due to that. Such people often have eye involvement also. The reason why she becomes unconscious is because she is developing low sugar ( hypoglycemia unawareness). You should check her kidney function with a 24 hr urine test called creatinine clearance. Depending on that her medicines may require a change. There are some medicines which may decrease the worsening of protein in the urine.
You could discuss these points with her doctor .
Many of my patients have better quality of life with these measures.
You are welcome to contact me if you need my opinion in the future.
Dr. Noble Zachariah M.D
Your mother has a kidney complication of diabetes. The presence of protein in the urine is due to that. Such people often have eye involvement also. The reason why she becomes unconscious is because she is developing low sugar ( hypoglycemia unawareness). You should check her kidney function with a 24 hr urine test called creatinine clearance. Depending on that her medicines may require a change. There are some medicines which may decrease the worsening of protein in the urine.
You could discuss these points with her doctor .
Many of my patients have better quality of life with these measures.
You are welcome to contact me if you need my opinion in the future.
Dr. Noble Zachariah M.D
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