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Proteinuria can be caused by a number of conditions or disorders of the kidney including: Damage to the kidneys from certain drugs or toxins such as heavy metals. Glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the filtering structures of the kidneys) Kidney infection (pyelonephritis) or inflammation.
One of these conditions is albuminuria during pregnancy. There are two possibilities here. Albumin levels in the serum can suddenly drop during pregnancy and this is a condition caused by hemodilution. This simply means that the increased amount of blood in the body of a pregnant woman causes the levels of albumin to drop. This condition is closely monitored as it should resolve itself.