Junot
08-08-14, 13:12
Hello everyone,
I have an appointment with my GP in a week and a few days but I got this result today and it's really worrying me.
My urine sample (first urine in the morning) had 47.70 mg/L of albumin (it shouldn't have more than 19 mg/L according to the lab reference range).
I'm wondering why are my kidneys allowing this amount of albumin to flow into my urine... Usually this means that the kidneys are being damaged amd it's commonly found in diabetic and hypertensive persons. I'm neither of that. Actually my tests for diabetes came back just fine:
- Glycemia: 88 mg/dl (reference range: 70-110)
- Glycated hemoglobin: 5.0% (reference range: 4.3-6.1)
What's the most interesting - and inconsistent at the same time I guess - is that my blood creatinine is within normal range: 1.04 mg/dL (reference range: 0.80-1.30). If my kidneys were really malfunctioning, I should have a higher level of blood creatinine, shouldn't I?
Have any of you ever experienced a similar situation? I'm trying to find out an explanation to the higher than normal albumin levels in my urine and its inconsistency with my blood creatinine levels.
I have an appointment with my GP in a week and a few days but I got this result today and it's really worrying me.
My urine sample (first urine in the morning) had 47.70 mg/L of albumin (it shouldn't have more than 19 mg/L according to the lab reference range).
I'm wondering why are my kidneys allowing this amount of albumin to flow into my urine... Usually this means that the kidneys are being damaged amd it's commonly found in diabetic and hypertensive persons. I'm neither of that. Actually my tests for diabetes came back just fine:
- Glycemia: 88 mg/dl (reference range: 70-110)
- Glycated hemoglobin: 5.0% (reference range: 4.3-6.1)
What's the most interesting - and inconsistent at the same time I guess - is that my blood creatinine is within normal range: 1.04 mg/dL (reference range: 0.80-1.30). If my kidneys were really malfunctioning, I should have a higher level of blood creatinine, shouldn't I?
Have any of you ever experienced a similar situation? I'm trying to find out an explanation to the higher than normal albumin levels in my urine and its inconsistency with my blood creatinine levels.