[The characteristics of the urinary sediment and proteinuria in chronic alcoholics before and during treatment with teturam].

Proteinuria, hematuria and leukocyturia in chronic alcoholics were mostly pronounced in abstinence, particularly in those with a long-term alcoholism. In proportion to alcohol d s-intoxication treatment, their urinalyses normalized. Being hospitalized in a sober state the patients had insignificantly elevated or practically normal urinalyses. Disulfiramum tests performed both in abstinence or sobriety demonstrated pronounced abnormalities in urinalyses. In the course of disulfuramum treatment in the absence of alcohol tests urinalyses normalized completely. Urinalysis follow-up demonstrated the appearance of renal failure due to hemodynamic disorders that ran the pattern of renal sensitization due to the effect of acetaldehyde production in alcohol tests.