Know that when your urine starts to look frothy and foamy, it is the condition when your kidneys are releasing too much protein in the urine. This condition is medically known as Albuminuria. This is not a normal situation where you can let go of without any treatment.
Effective treatment for Albuminuria is necessary not because it is just leaking proteins from the body but also to prevent you from other associated diseases such as Nephrotic syndrome.
Why the leakage of protein in urine does happen?
The major causes of Albuminuria are stated below:
• Diabetes: This is one of the major causes of any kidney disease. This situation occurs because when the formation of insulin stops, because of of which blood sugar level increases.
• Hypertension: This is the second most cause of concern for kidney diseases; this can be due to many reasons, blockage in blood vessels, narrowed blood vessels or any other obstructed passage that is affecting the blood flow.
• Mental Trauma: At times, stressful situations can lead to kidney dysfunctioning. The human body doesn’t work well whenever there is mental stress.
• Toxic conditions: Whenever there is a presence of toxins in high amounts, kidneys may fail to filter them properly because of kidney damage. This can be a cause of concern in Proteinuria.
• Kidney Infections: Frequent kidney infections can also damage kidneys because of which kidney releases the protein in the urine.
What can be the notification of having an Albuminuria?
Well, just in case you thought that leakage of protein in urine is enough to identify the presence of disease naming Albuminuria; following are the supporting symptoms that confirm its presence in a human body:
• Swelling in feet & hands
• Yellow, dark yellow or changed color of urine.
• Nausea & vomiting
• Inflammation while urinating
• Abnormal pain in the abdominal area
• Dry skin
• Shortness of breath
• Lost appetite
• Foamy or bubbly pee.
• Weight increase because of liquid retention.
• Diminished hunger.
• Puffy eyes.
• Increased or decreased output of urine.
• The pale color of the urine.
• Blood in the urine.
• A sudden change of diet.
• Weakness in the body.
• Muscle cramps.
Who are at the highest risk of getting attacked by this disease?
There are no bars that one specific human will not get attacked by diseases, Albuminuria can attack anyone but the following are at the highest risks:
• A diabetic patient with high sugar levels.
• A patient having the problem of high blood pressure.
• Adults and senior citizens with or above the age of 60.
• Patients who have inherited kidney diseases from their biological parents.
• Patients with chronic kidney diseases.
How to know how much protein your body is losing?
Only two types of tests can help you in finding the amounts of protein leaked in urine:
• Blood Test
• Urine Test
Blood test: In this test, a sample of your blood will be taken to diagnose the presence and absence of protein in the blood.
Urine test: In this test, a sample of your urine will be taken to diagnose the amount of albumin present in the urine:
• One time sample: In this situation, a container filled with urine is taken to know the amount of protein your body is losing. It collects the pee that you release at once.
• 24 hours urine sample: In this test, the total amount of urine released in 24 hours is taken as a sample to know the exact percentage of protein that your body is losing in a day.
What functions are going to get affected by this leakage of protein?
Following are the functions that are run by the protein in the human body:
• Formation of cells that help in keeping the RBCs stronger.
• To boost immunity power.
• To boost the energy levels.
• Formation of muscles and tissues.
• Smooth flow of blood from kidneys to heart and then to other organs of the human body.
What can be the natural treatment for Albuminuria?
Natural treatments are preferably the best treatments that can help in retaining the protein in the body. This type of treatment is often known as Ayurvedic treatment for proteinuria or albuminuria. Following is the diet chart that is usually recommended to such a patient:
Diet for the patients who have Albuminuria:
Before - Breakfast
• Drink soaked fenugreek water 1 cup
Mid-morning and evening
• Milk/tea-50 ml/ ½ cup without sugar and Marie gold biscuits-2
Breakfast
• 1 bowl wheat namkeen broken wheat with vegetables / 1 bowl veg oats or 2 pieces of Rava idli and ½ bowl of sambar / 1 bowl wheat roasted vermicelli with vegetables /
• 2-3 eggs without yolk and toned milk 100ml / 1 bowl sprouted salad / 2 piece of brown bread potato sandwich and cucumber
Before-lunch
• Apple/ watermelon/papaya/pear/blackberry
Lunch and Dinner:
• ½ plate salad and 1 bowl vegetable like ladyfinger, bitter gourd, carrot, paneer, capsicum, and ridge gourd and 2chapatti
This was the diet chart that is recommended to an Albuminuria affected patient. But following are the guidelines that are required to follow during any kidney disease:
• Drink 8 ounces of water. Make a fixed time for lunch & dinner.
• Don’t consume any raw vegetables.
• Don’t consume any vegetables with seeds.
• Don’t consume milk directly in raw form, consume only in the boiled form (if given).
• Remove the peel and seeds of the fruit.
• Boil vegetables properly before cooking.
• Use Rock salt (3-4 gm per day).
• Use olive/mustard/ rice bran oil (1-3 teaspoon per day).
• Use more of steel utensils for cooking.
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