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A 37-year-old male asked:

I've hypertension and i have proteinurea and i'm not diabetic, the presence of proteins in urine is it due to kidney disease or to hypertension itself?

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Dr. Ronald Krauser
A Verified Doctoranswered
Rheumatology 54 years experience
Kidney disease: It is due to kidney disease which in turn may be caused by the hypertension. See a nephrologist.
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Dr. Pouneh Nouri
Specializes in Internal Medicine - Nephrology & Dialysis
Proteinuria: Long standing poorly controlled hypertension can cause mild proteinuria even with normal kidney function. But moderate to severe proteinuria due to hypertension is generally associated with abnormal kidney function. suggest you ask your doctor to measure the amount of proteinuria (called random urine protein to creatinine ratio) and refer you to a nephrologist with abnormal result!
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Dr. Rex Mahnensmith
A Verified Doctoranswered
46 years experience
HTN and proteinuria: Hypertension can indeed cause proteinuria, though typically this indicates uncontrolled hypertension. Polycystic kidney disease can cause proteinuria, and this indicates a worse form. Other kidney diseases do cause proteinuria and hypertension together.
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Last updated Aug 13, 2014

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