Albuminuria

**Albuminuria** is a clinical sign of kidney pathology, characterized by an increase in protein in the urine, but usually not more than 300 mg in the daily volume of urine. Albumin makes up 75% of all blood plasma proteins. Normally, there is no albumin in human urine. In 1 case out of 20 healthy people of small stature, albumin may appear in a small volume in the general structure of the urinary sediment, especially after exercise. But normally it should be completely absent from the urinary sediment - even its minimal presence is enough to consider the situation pathological. The appearance of albumin urine is characteristic of impaired renal function. If an adult has albuinuria, this is a sign of pathological processes in the body, such as amyloidosis, glomerulonephritis, tubular acidosis in the acute phase. Quite often, albumin urine is found in pregnant and elderly women. This phenomenon is called mild proteinuria, which often accompanies pregnancy and does not cause