Is a 24-hour urine protein quantification of 700 mg/d serious?

A 24-hour urine protein quantification of 700mg/d is considered a small amount of proteinuria, which is usually not serious, but whether it is serious or not usually depends on the cause of proteinuria, and cannot be generalized.
24h urine protein quantification can more accurately reflect the severity of the patient’s proteinuria, the normal value for adults less than 150mg/24h, 24h urine protein quantification 700mg/d can be diagnosed as proteinuria.
Proteinuria can be divided into physiologic proteinuria and pathologic proteinuria. Physiological proteinuria may be associated with strenuous exercise, fever, nervousness, change of body position, drug effects, etc., usually after their own habits or mentality adjustment can be improved, without special treatment, usually does not appear more serious situation.
Pathological proteinuria can be caused by a number of disease factors, such as primary glomerular disease, lupus nephritis, diabetic nephropathy, tubulointerstitial disease, etc. If the primary disease is not treated in a timely manner and standardized treatment, it may cause the progression of the primary disease, which may aggravate the proteinuria, or even may occur in renal failure or shock and other serious life-threatening complications.
Proteinuria may also be caused by other reasons, if the patient found that the 24-hour urine protein quantitative 700mg / d, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in time to improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to the targeted treatment or treatment.