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What causes high protein in the blood?
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Two simple causes.: 1. Dehydration (loss of water) 2. Type of blood cancer producing lot of abonormal antibody proteins (plasma cell myeloma and related neoplasms). Needs proper evaluation for other rare possibilities including technical errors in estimation.
Answered 4/13/2018
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Agree with Dr. S: Other causes are prolonged chronic inflammation, and some types of lymphomas.
Answered 12/21/2019
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