Proteinuria in Patients with Leprosy in Malaya.

Abstract Seventy-three per cent. of male patients with leprosy had some degree of proteinuria in the early morning specimens of urine when admitted to a leprosy settlement in Malaya. In the great majority of patients the proteinuria was intermittent. Examinations of the urines of these patients after they had been within the settlement on a first-class diet for a period of 3–4 months and after a 6–12 months' period showed a decrease in the incidence and intensity of the proteinuria. It is suggested that the proteinuria could have been the result of a deficiency of protein in the diet before admission to the settlement.