Male1: Sometime in a routine office exam, an adolescent, probably male, you pick up a little protein. The doctor says, look, let us check the first morning urine to make sure there is no protein there and you try to use this word--orthostatic proteinuria. I thought that big one fancy name, is that a terrible thing or is it something that we have to worry about, what is that?
Male2: It is not an easy word.
Male1: I do not know if I can spell it, but I can pronounce it.
Male2: It is orthostatic proteinuria, it is usually a benign thing and it is not uncommon. It is very common in teenagers and the patient should be aware. People should obtain an early morning urine and indeed, there is one, we should measure the protein in the urine and if it is normal in the morning, it is a benign thing, called orthostatic which means that there is more protein the urine which changes in position and usually within the day with activities, there is more protein in the urine, however, during the night, when the patient is resting and lying down, we check the urine in the morning and the amount of protein is normal.
Male1: And also make sure that blood protein is okay, is that correct?
Male2: Correct.
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