Understand the symptoms of proteinuria and correctly understand proteinuria

Proteinuria is an insidious condition, especially in the elderly. Understand the symptoms of proteinuria, judge the progression of the disease, and receive timely treatment. Many people miss the best time for treatment because they do not understand the symptoms. The most obvious symptom is the appearance of foam in the urine, but don't generalize.

1. Under normal circumstances, the color of proteinuria is no different from that of normal urine, but foamy urine will appear. Foamy urine is the most obvious early symptom of proteinuria. Proteinuria usually causes foamy urine. And the characteristic of this foamy urine is often a layer of fine foam floating on the surface of the urine, which does not disappear for a long time.

2. Generally, a small amount of proteinuria will not cause any physical symptoms, but if it is a long-term, large amount of proteinuria, the earliest symptom is edema, starting from the face and then spreading throughout the body. The edema manifests as pitting edema and affects the digestion and absorption function.

3. Patients with mild proteinuria have basically no clinical symptoms, only foam in the urine. Patients with massive proteinuria lose a large amount of protein in the urine, which leads to a decrease in plasma protein and edema, especially edema of the head, face, and eyelids, and severe systemic edema.

4. Systemic symptoms: Renal proteinuria may be accompanied by systemic discomfort, including one or more of the following manifestations: edema, hypertension, hematuria, and tubular urine. The patient feels weak, sleepy, etc. During this period, the patient's resistance is poor and he is susceptible to external infections. Among them, edema and hypertension are the most obvious.