my urine dip stick showed 0.3+ of protein what does that mean? please help me am worry?

Question: I'am 23 years old women, two days ago i had my urine sample taken to the lab for some test (coronary artery desease,screening for liver and kidney desorders,diabetes,HIV antibodies and many more) to qualified for health insurance.Before sending the simple out, the nurse dip stick in my urine and he show 0.3+ of protein. She told me that i have a hight protein level in my urine and that's anormal, but she also cannot explain it to me i have to call my docteur or wait for the result in two weeks. I call a urology to ask about he ask me to come in whith my lab result for a visit and set an apointment for me in 16 days who will cost me from $200-$250 because i'am not insure. Am so worry and scare please can somebody tell me what does that mean? Is to long for me to wait. Tank you and god bless.

Answers:
"Proteinuria" is the medical term for protein in the urine.

You should not be scared. This will most likely turn out to be nothing to worry about. Proteinuria can be caused by mild dehydration, bladder infections, menstruation, vaginal infections -- none of which are any big deal. However, you should see a doctor (by the way, if you were to see a Family Medicine doctor instead of a Urologist you could easily save 20% or more). The reason they do those screening tests is to find serious diseases before they cause problems. Some serious kidney diseases will first be noted by finding proteinuria. However, the chances of this being the case for you is very remote. As an encouragement, most sports medicine doctors will not even do a dipstick urinalysis in healthy young athletes because it causes more harm than good (i.e. you get people all worried for nothing and you make them do more tests just to prove there was nothing wrong to begin with).

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i'm more worried about the nurse using a dip stick

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