Hoping for an accurate diagnosis

I do not know what they do in the medical field but perhaps researchers are very busy finding reasons, cures, causes, and many more related to conditions and diseases.

I always hear people say that eating too much salt, I mean, having too much salt in your food constantly could affect your kidneys.

In my case, I believe that I have always been into salty foods.

When I was young, I remember how I would frown when my sister cooks bland viands. I put additional salt, but I don't really enjoy her cooking because aside from the bland taste, it lacks oil.

My husband and I had a hard time adjusting to each other because of our opposite preferences.

One of which is about food. He was very sensitive to salt and just a little more than his preference and he would complain.

I, on the other hand, would feel hurt and I hate him when it came to food matters.

Years passed and I was beginning to appreciate his delicate palate. I was able to admit that I was the one in the wrong.

I eventually reduced the salt I put in what I cook. There were times when I go back out of habit but I correct myself immediately.

But then, old habits die hard. I would again put much more salt than needed. I learned to eat unhealthy snacks and viands. I even started mimicking how they do their noodle mukbangs.

Then one day, I saw something unusual. Bubbly urine. Then I noticed it became foamy. When I flash the toilet bowl, it is as if I put laundry powder into the bowl. I would need more water to be able to clear the water.

There has always been discomfort when I urinate. But at times, I feel fine.

I regularly have pain around my belly. Sometimes, I attribute it to physical activities, sometimes to menstrual cramps. So I say that it is normal for me.

Days passed then weeks. I eventually found myself in a laboratory facility.

Although expectant of a significant result, I was still shocked to see protein in my urine. It was my first time seeing it. There was also a significant amount of RBC per HPF.

We went to the doctor for consultation and she referred me for an ultrasound. Well, it was shocking to see a very normal kidney after what I have seen in the urinalysis.

We went to the doctor again. I was given vitamins and such. She said I needed additional tests to see what was causing the albumin and RBC in the urine.

I repeated urinalysis over and over. Consistent results. In the latest, there, I can see hyaline casts. But the doctor didn't comment about the cast and I forgot to ask.

I have normal results for all except for the high HDL direct, higher than normal total cholesterol, and ALAT.

The doctor told me to lose weight. I said I will. According to the ultrasound, I have a mild diffuse fatty liver.

But it still doesn't explain my albuminuria and the microscopic hematuria.

The other day, I requested that I get a second ultrasound. They say that the doctor who read my initial ultrasound is a skilled one. But then I still insisted to have a second ultrasound.

Just maybe, something was missed out. My doctor agreed to a follow-up ultrasound but she added a urine culture.

My urinalysis result is abnormal but my kidneys are normal.

I went immediately to the laboratory. The urine culture is in five days but the ultrasound, I got the result yesterday.

To my surprise, the same ultrasound result as the first. But at least I was able to confirm the initial ultrasound.

I should be glad nothing is wrong with my kidneys but it is still unsettling. What then is causing the albuminuria? Also the very high rbc in my urine.

I have to wait to see my urine culture result. Meanwhile, I will be having my urine checked if there is an improvement in the levels of protein and RBC. I was given antibiotics while waiting for the urine culture.

I still have discomfort urinating. In some parts of my abdomen, I feel occasional pain mimicking that when I am in labor for childbirth.

I have already consulted as well as an OB-Gyne. She even performed IE to check my private part. No discharge or abnormal smell. What could this be?

I am still hoping that I have an idiopathic case. Just a chance that, maybe, for some people like me, having symptoms similar to those indicating a certain disease is isolated and not necessarily indicative of a serious disease.

It's adding to my already stressful situation. Running around, going to laboratories and doctors.

I can't settle this as idiopathic because of the pain in my lower abdomen.

I hope in time I will get a correct diagnosis.

I am still glad I was able to discover that I have asthma. Too bad I didn't have any doctor find this out for me earlier for better management.

I didn't know that I was having asthma attacks before. I just thought those were because of other reasons.

But the proteinuria, I can't help but feel bothered. Can renal disease hide?