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Is there a connection between drinking water and proteinuria?
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Not really: The protein is an absolute number.>3 grams is bad.The volume of urine is not as critical at this early stage.
Answered 7/18/2012
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Proteinuria and H20: Water has no connection with the onset of proteinuria.
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My urine has recently started to have bunches of bubbles (foamy like) in it when hits water. Is it proteinuria if so what I do about it. ?
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When peeing into toilet water there's bubbles/foam(dissipates from seconds up to a minute+),but when aim stream at toilet bowl instead of water there's few to no bubbles. Proteinuria likely? Also have chronic prostatitis. 24hr protein test next week.
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