Urine microalbumin 52mg/L is generally not serious, but whether it is serious or not depends mainly on its etiology and cannot be generalized. Physiological causes of urinary protein is usually not serious, pathological causes of urinary protein without timely standardized intervention and treatment may appear disease progression, serious cases can be life-threatening.
In general, urine microalbumin is less than 20mg/L, urine microalbumin 52mg/L, belongs to the mildly elevated.
Proteinuria can be divided into physiologic proteinuria and pathologic proteinuria according to its nature. Physiological proteinuria is more common in the case of strenuous exercise, fever, etc., the patient’s kidneys have no organic lesions, without special treatment, after resting, urine protein can usually turn negative, usually does not appear more serious.
Pathological proteinuria is usually caused by organic lesions of the kidneys, usually persistent proteinuria, and its common causes are glomerulonephritis, urinary tract infections, urinary stones and so on. If the primary disease is not timely and standardized treatment, it may cause the progression of the primary disease, which will aggravate the proteinuria, the gradual decline of renal function, and in severe cases, may even lead to uremia.
If the patient’s urine test found microalbumin abnormalities, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to the targeted treatment or treatment.