Protein in Urine (Proteinuria)

Protein in Urine (Proteinuria) Testing and health information

Do you have protein in your urine?

If you have proteinuria, it may signify kidney disease. Find out with Ulta Lab Tests the amounts of protein in your urine.

Proteinuria is a condition where there are high amounts of protein in the urine. If you have high levels of protein in your urine, it can signify problems with your kidneys or urinary tract. It may be caused by many different conditions, including kidney disease, which can be serious if left untreated. The only way to know for sure is with a protein in urine test that measures the amount of protein in your urine. The protein in urine test is the only way to know if you have protein in your urine.   

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Proteinuria is a medical condition generally described as protein amounts in a person’s urine at higher levels than normal. It’s a condition sometimes witnessed in healthy people, but it’s more often related to abnormalities or various diseases.

Plasma, which is the liquid component of blood, has a variety of different proteins. The human kidneys serve many roles, and one of them is the conservation of the plasma protein, so it doesn’t get eliminated with actual waste products during the creation of urine. There are primarily two different ways the human body typically keeps protein from escaping into a person’s urine:

  • First, the glomeruli offer a barrier that just physically keeps most bigger plasma proteins within the blood vessels.
  • Second, the tubules reabsorb nearly all the smaller proteins which do get through.

Proteinuria happens most often when there is damage to the glomeruli or tubules ... See more