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What remedies exist for proteinuria?

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See below: Proteinuria can occur if the kidney is damaged by ay disease.There are many causes of proteinuria, so your doctor needs to find out the cause .In general though blood pressure control, and the use of certain medications called ace inhibitors help decrease protein in the urine.

Answered 1/29/2014

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Dr. S. Smiley Thakur answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Diagnosis first: Protein is expensive, it not be lost to the urine at the filtration stage in the kidney. Treatments are geared to lower intraglomerular pressure. Treatment specifics, and whether a renal biopsy are indicated, depend on the degree, presence of comorbid diseases (e.g. Hypertension, diabetes, hepatitis, lupus).

Answered 11/28/2017

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Proteinuria Rx: Treatment of proteinuria (p) depends on its cause. Some glomuerlonephritis cases are treated with steroids and other agents to reduce p. Patients with diabetic nephropathy causing p are treated with ace-i, arb's and non-dhp calcium channel blockers. These also reduce BP which ameliorates p.

Answered 9/28/2016

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