What Can a Urine Test Reveal?
You may find diseases of different organs of the body with only a simple analytical urine. If the purpose is to ascertain the existence of cystitis is very useful to identify the specific bacteria producing infection by a urine culture, and test its sensitivity to a variety of antibiotics.
In other cases, the urine will be studied along with other tests (such as the study of stool and blood tests) as part of a more comprehensive research process. Urinalysis is a simple and inexpensive test that can provide important information.
Some examples given:
- Blood in the urine can be signs of various kidney diseases, urinary tract or bladder high.
- That there is no sugar in the urine is normal and usually reveal diabetes.
- Protein in urine can be a sign of kidney disease (glomerulonephritis) or bone (multiple myeloma).
Finally it is noteworthy that for the diagnosis of certain diseases may be necessary to perform a quantification analysis of certain substances in the urine produced during 24 hours. For this there are special 2-liter bottles, also available at pharmacies.
The urine of 24 hours is essential to know precisely what level of deterioration of renal function may be one person. This is carried out by determining the sample so-called creatinine clearance, which we use to estimate how much urine the kidneys filter per minute.
credit to: Dr. Antonio Manuel MartÃn Castillo, Dr. Carl J. Brandt, Dr. John Pillinger