What is 24-hour urine protein quantification

  In simple terms, it starts after the first urination in the morning, and each subsequent urination is collected and put together until the end after the first urination the next morning, and the volume of urine is recorded for 24 hours, and the urine is mixed well and a portion of it is taken out for testing. The quantitative measurement of urine protein is generally used in cases where proteinuria has been determined, but the amount of protein excretion needs to be precisely observed. For cases where the presence of proteinuria is uncertain, qualitative measurement methods are generally applied, and there are three qualitative measurement methods.  1.Sulfosalicylic acid method: At present, this method is mostly used in hospitals. The process is to take a certain amount of chemicals configured into some kind of reagent, let this reagent mix with the urine that needs to be checked, and see what happens, if a certain phenomenon is met, then the urine contains protein.  2, heating method: this method is used more in the past, it is very simple. Just follow the specific steps to heat it up and see if it appears cloudy, precipitate, etc. In addition, to see if it is false, add some vinegar for further testing.  3, test paper method: there is a test paper is specially tested this, in the medical store can be bought. Put the test paper into the urine, according to the color shown and the standard card for comparison can determine their own urine in the end there is no protein, very simple and very convenient.  If you want to simply look at it yourself, you can choose test strips and buy them at the store. If you are not sure if it is accurate, you can go to a regular hospital for a professional examination and see what your doctor says afterwards.