Physiological elevated urinary protein and urinary tract infections and other causes of elevated urinary protein can drink more water, high urinary protein caused by kidney disease is generally not recommended to drink more water.
There are two types of urinary protein elevation: physiological causes and pathological causes. Physiological causes of elevated urinary protein, such as strenuous exercise, fever, and some pathological causes of elevated urinary protein, such as urinary tract infections, this time drink more water to help urinary protein recovery, you can drink more water.
And various kidney diseases such as primary and secondary glomerular disease caused by elevated urinary protein is generally not recommended to drink more water, because kidney disease caused by elevated urinary protein is mainly glomerular filtration barrier damage, resulting in urinary protein leakage, drink more water not only has no therapeutic effect, but also may increase the burden on the kidneys, which is not conducive to the recovery of the condition.
In addition, if patients with kidney disease have severe hypoproteinemia, drinking more water may also aggravate edema, and even lead to acute heart failure, so patients with kidney disease with elevated urinary protein, it is generally not recommended to drink more water.
The presence of high urine protein, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner to identify the cause, and under the guidance of the physician active treatment.