Spårbarhet i urin
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Your body uses urine to remove toxins, excess water, and other substances. But urine can also reveal information about your overall health and well-being. How well your body filters out toxins and other wastes, and what kinds of substances are showing up in your urine, can tell a doctor a lot about how well your body systems are working. Issues relating to your kidneys, liver, pancreas, or heart can all be flagged by an abnormal urine test result.
This article reviews what kinds of things routine urine tests check for, as well as normal and abnormal test ranges, and what these results might indicate. Urine tests reveal a lot of information about you. The color , odor, and clarity of urine can be used to indicate kidney health or even signal an infection. A more detailed analysis of the substances in your urine can give other clues about how well your different organ systems are functioning.
Each body system uses a specific formula of minerals or solutions — called electrolytes — to trigger and regulate activity. Different substances play bigger roles in different areas of your body.
What Normal (and Abnormal) Urine Test Results Reveal
For example, potassium can have a critical effect on your heart function, while calcium and magnesium are used by your muscles. Many electrolytes and minerals that your body uses for normal functioning can serve a purpose in one area of the body and cause a problem in another. Balance is important, and any change in the normal range of these substances can lead to serious symptoms.
A urinalysis is a basic urine test that measures the amounts of different substances in your urine. Seeing where your results fall in — or outside of — the normal range of values can tell your doctor a lot about how well your body is working overall, or what body system might be responsible for symptoms you may be having. Below is a list of common urinalysis tests by type, and what kinds of problems these tests might be used to identify.
Normal ranges are estimated for almost every substance in your body, from blood to sodium. Too much or too little of anything can lead to problems.
Enhetliga analyser av narkotika i urin krävs för rättssäkerheten
Normal ranges of electrolytes, cell types, and other substances commonly analyzed in urine samples are listed below. Results that fall outside of the normal range on urine tests can mean a lot of different things. For each value, a high or low could be either good or bad. For certain electrolytes, the desired range for you could depend on what medical conditions you have, your age, and other factors.
A urine dipstick analysis is usually used to get a quick result on a particular substance. These tests use treated paper that changes color when exposed to the test substance. Your doctor may have access to several types of rapid dipstick tests. There are also some you can buy over-the-counter to use at home. While these tests can provide quick results, they may only be useful for showing the presence or absence of a certain substance.
Laboratory or microscopic chemistry testing is usually needed to get exact urine levels that can tell you whether your results fall into the normal or expected range.
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For virtually all substances in your body, there are normal ranges. Levels that are too high or too low may indicate a health issue. Urine tests can provide useful information about your health, depending on whether your results fall within or outside the normal range of values. For some substances, such as protein, the very presence in your urine is a cause for concern, or at the very least, additional testing.
Talk with a doctor about your urine test results or to find out when rapid home tests might be useful.