Any ideas what is wrong with my son?

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He has never been a well child always got a cough cold nothing major.He is 3 and only weighs 25lbs At his latest appt i mentioned he was urinating alot so they did a urine sample and found protein they gave me no explanation for this but said they will send it off and contact me in a week. Any ideas

Answer 1

Proteinuria in Children
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What's the role of proteins in the body?
Our bodies need proteins. Normally, proteins move through blood and carry food, hormones and medicine to all parts of the body. They also help keep water inside tiny blood vessels.
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What is proteinuria?
Proteinuria is when protein is in the urine. As blood moves through the kidneys, the kidneys filter out waste, excess fluid and salt. These wastes leave the body in urine. Usually, no protein is found in urine because most proteins are too big to go through the kidneys.

If your doctor finds protein in your child's urine, it means your child's kidneys may not be working as they should--possibly because of inflammation (swelling). Sometimes infection or chemicals damage the kidneys, and this makes protein show up in the urine.

If there is only a little protein in the urine, your child probably has a benign (harmless) condition such as orthostatic proteinuria (see below). If a lot of protein is found in your child's urine, a more serious kidney disease might be the problem. Proteinuria doesn't cause pain. But when a lot of protein is in the urine, the level of protein in the blood may go down. This can cause swelling in your child's eyelids, ankles and legs. High blood pressure is another sign of this problem.

Your doctor may ask you to collect a 24-hour urine sample from your child. Directions for doing this are at the end of this handout. A 24-hour urine collection lets your doctor measure the protein in the urine. A special strip of paper is dipped into a sample of urine to check for protein. This test helps show how well your child's kidneys are working. Your doctor may also do some blood tests.

Answer 2

Probably just a routine check for diabetes, or one of the metabilic/malabsorption conditions where the body doesn't process nutrients correctly, thereby excreting larger-than-normal amounts of protein in the urine.

Really, though, you should call the doctor's office and ask for more of an explanation if it wasn't clear enough at the appointment. They probably didn't mean to leave you wondering & worrying, but if you didn't ask the question then, it probably slipped their mind to explain it more fully.

I hope all is well with your son!

Answer 3

During pregnancy, Protein in the urine is a sign of gestational diabetes. I always assumed that's what it meant. It could be that they want to see how much there is before they get you all upset. Check out Webmd. They have lots of articles on stuff like that.

Answer 4

I pray for you that it is not protenuria. I had nephritis last year and everything on me swelled. It means for some reason his kidneys are not functioning properly. Mine went away on its own. The doctor was happy. I hope the same for your son because they were talking about steroid therapy or chemotherapy. I thought chemo was only used for cancer but I was wrong. I will pray for your son. Good luck and god bless.

Answer 5

could mean many different things

What abnormal results mean:
Kidney failure
Decreased kidney function
Diabetic nephropathy
Acute inflammation
Nephrotic syndrome
Acute urinary tract infection
Multiple myeloma
Amyloidosis

go to read more http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003589.htm

or it could mean something totally different...

Answer 6

I don't think anything is wrong with you son, I suggest that you clean your house from top to bottom, get it well fresh