what is a diabetes urine microalbumin test for?

This means that your kidneys let a little more protein into urine than is normal, but only a little bit.

This amount is enough that if it STAYS that high on two or three tests in a row (depending on who you listen to and how they're done) you can be diagnosed with microalbuminuria.

However, a one time test is not enough for a diagnosis. There are too many things that can make this high one time, including exercise done in the few hours before the test and illness.

If it remains high in a month, even though you do not exercise right before the test, then it is a sign of some very mild kidney damage. Kidney damage at this level is associated with long term risk of kidney failure as well as, in diabetics, being a general sign that blood sugar has been high enough to do damage and therefore, being a risk of other complications.

However, only a minority of people with microalbuminuria ever progress to kidney failure, and those that do, take many years to progress. This is NOT a sign of any short term danger.

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