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Spot protein level of 23mg/dL
I am a patient of nephrotic syndrome from last 1.5 years and in remission currently. I am on wysolone 15mg/day. I recently did a test where UPCR was 0.11. But spot protein is higher than expected which is 23mg/dL. Is spot protein considered while measuring proteinuria or only UPCR rate is considered. Do I need to be concerned about high spot protein rate? Do I need a re-test here?
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I think you should do a rest and this time do your urinary Albumin creatinine ratio. Urinary ACR is considered similar to 24 hours urinary protein, which is gold standard for proteinuria estimation.
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Do urinary ACR. If still confusing results, do 24 hours urinary protein.
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You should also check your serum albumin (blood test). It gives rough idea as it goes down when proteinuria increases
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Only UPCR is significant. No point in just seeing the spot Protein
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Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan
Nephrologist/Renal Specialist
7 yrs exp
Alappuzha
No need to worry..keep repeating urine pcr every few months
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Dr. Brajesh Mourya
Nephrologist/Renal Specialist
8 yrs exp
Dehradun
No need to worry. Only the ratio matters.
The UPCR is designed to assess the amount of urine protein against urine creatinine. Spot urine protein alone should not be interpreted.
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