In some clinical pictures, urine diagnostics has a preventive, diagnostic or supportive function. It allows the analysis of the exact composition of urine and can thus detect diseases or monitor therapy successes.
Symptoms/diseases
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At a glance
The most important clinical pictures in which urinalysis plays an important role include:
Further information
Many of these diseases have been clinically silent for a long time. This means that symptoms appear late and in advanced stages. This leads to a delayed diagnosis, so routine urine tests play an important, preventive role.
With the following symptoms, a visit to the doctor and a urine test should be carried out:
- Increased need for drinking (polydipsia)
- Blood in the urine
- Weight loss
- Abdominal pain
- Sugar smell of urine
- Breakthrough pain
- Urinary retention
Sources
- Schmelz, H. U. et al.: Facharztwissen Urologie , 2nd edition, 171-196
- National Kidney Foundation (2002): K/DOQI clinical practice guidelines for chronic kidney disease: evaluation, classification, and stratification. At J Kidney Dis.; 1–266
- Roche Diagnostics Deutschland GmbH (2009): Nierendiagnostik Grundlagen der Labormedizin; 1-60
- Duncan, K. A. et al. (1985): Urinary lipid bodies in polycystic kidney diseases. Am J Kidney Dis, 49
- Roche Diagnostics Deutschland GmbH (2014): Kompendium der Urinanalyse. Urinteststreifen und Mikroskopie; 1-196
