What is a urine albinum test?

Answer 1

Since albumin is low in many different diseases and disorders, albumin testing is used in a variety of settings to help diagnose disease,and to monitor changes in health status.

Low albumin levels can suggest liver disease, or other liver enzyme tests are ordered to determine exactly which type of liver disease. Low albumin levels can reflect diseases in which the kidneys cannot prevent albumin from leaking from the blood into the urine and being lost. In this case, the amount of albumin (or protein) in the urine also may be measured (see microalbumin). Low albumin levels can also be seen inflammation , shock, and malnutrition. Low albumin levels may also suggest conditions in which your body does not properly absorb and digest protein (like Crohn's disease or sprue) or in which large volumes of protein are lost from the intestines. High albumin levels usually reflect dehydration. These tests can either be done through urine or a simple blood test, but either way they are fairly minor.