My wife has her doctor tell her her protein counts is too high. He says if it continues it could result in death in 2-5 years. She is going to have a bone marrow tap next week to see what is going one. She suffer for over ten years with a bone marrow disease which causes her platlets to be too high. She has to take hroxaueraue (sp) to help keep them down. What causes protein to be produces and what causes it to ne too high