Hi,41 year old woman. I started to notice bubbles in my urine about maybe a month and a half ago. I was eating a high protein diet. For about 4 months, I was eating 4 protein bars a day (was eating them for the fiber content) plus a high protein cereal and eating that cereal twice a day. I stopped eating the protein bars to see if the bubbles would go away. But the bubbles persisted so I went to my primary doctor. She did a rapid urine test which showed protein in the urine. My doctor sent it to the lab for complete urinalysis and to get it cultured. Surprisingly, the complete urinalysis showed no protein and no infection. I went back to my doctor a couple weeks later and she repeated the rapid urine test and it showed no protein. It also went to the lab again for complete urinalysis and once again showed no protein. My doctor also took some bloodwork. I had my bloodwork taken a few months prior and everything was normal but she repeated the bloodwork and again everything was normal.
My bun was 8
Creatinine was 0.58
EGFR was 117
Protein was 7.5
This past week I went to an urologist. She said when she thinks of bubbles in urine, she thinks of fistulas. She has low suspicion I have a fistula since I didn’t have any risk factors but I am scheduled for a kidney ultrasound. She also did a scope in the bladder and didn’t see any kidney stones or anything bad. When I asked if we could rule out protein or if additional tests such as albumin to creatinine ratio on a spot urine were needed, she assured me that the bubbles are not abnormal. I am just concerned. I did cut out the protein bars but still eating my normal protein diet which includes lots of chicken. I eat chicken or ground turkey every day, usually for both lunch and dinner.
Any advice? Do you think I need the albumin to creatinine ratio?
My bun was 8
Creatinine was 0.58
EGFR was 117
Protein was 7.5
This past week I went to an urologist. She said when she thinks of bubbles in urine, she thinks of fistulas. She has low suspicion I have a fistula since I didn’t have any risk factors but I am scheduled for a kidney ultrasound. She also did a scope in the bladder and didn’t see any kidney stones or anything bad. When I asked if we could rule out protein or if additional tests such as albumin to creatinine ratio on a spot urine were needed, she assured me that the bubbles are not abnormal. I am just concerned. I did cut out the protein bars but still eating my normal protein diet which includes lots of chicken. I eat chicken or ground turkey every day, usually for both lunch and dinner.
Any advice? Do you think I need the albumin to creatinine ratio?