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ALBUMINURIA (Physiological or Functional)

ALBUMINURIA (Physiological or Functional) , a See also:

TERM

term indicating the presence of See also:

ALBUMIN, or ALBUMEN (Lat. albus, white)

albumin in the urine. This may depend on a number of morbid conditions, of which See also:

KIDNEY

kidney troubles, acute illnesses and venous congestion are some of the commoner. But after exclusion of all known pathological causes, there still remains a large class of cases among subjects who appear to be in perfect See also:

HEALTH

health. This See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form has been called functional or physiological albuminuria, intermittent albuminuria, &c. Its recognition is of extreme importance, as it must be distinguished from the albuminuria due to See also:

Bright's disease and other troubles. The following are the See also:

main forms that have been described: (r) Dietetic Albuminuria. This form affects some See also:

PEOPLE

people after partaking of a See also:

MEAL

meal consisting largely of albuminous foods, such as eggs. In others any extra See also:

INDULGENCE (Lat. indulgentia, indulgere, to grant, concede)

indulgence in the pleasures of the table may give rise to it. (2) Cyclic Albuminuria. This name was first used by the physiologist Pavy, but other observers have called the same See also:

CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition postural albuminuria." It occurs in people enjoying perfect health, and is characterized by the presence of albumin in the urine at certain times of the See also:

day. It has been shown to depend entirely on the See also:

ASSUMPTION, FEAST OF

assumption of the erect position, and it disappears as a result of the recumbent position at See also:

NIGHT

night. (3) Albuminuria from exercise.

This form affects some people after any unusual See also:

MUSCULAR

muscular exertion. (4) Prolonged See also:

MENTAL

mental See also:

STRAIN (through O. Fr. straindre, estraindre, mod. i treindre, from Lat. stringere, to draw tight, related to stress, stretch, string, &c.)

strain or worry may give rise to a transient form of albuminuria. (5) Adolescent albuminuria is met with in some subjects, especially boys. The question of the real significance of " physiological " albuminuria is one about which there is much difference of See also:

OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion. But its importance and recognition—especially in questions of See also:

LIFE

life insurance—admits of no question.

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