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Urine Microalbumin - Articles
Importance of urine microalbumin test for diabetics!!!!
by
Dr. Virashri R.
Posted
Wed 24 Jun 2009 12:13pm
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A urine microalbumin test reveals important information about your kidneys.
Healthy kidneys filter waste products from your blood. If your kidneys become damaged, some of these waste products may remain in your blood. At the same time, a type of protein called albumin — which should stay in your blood — leaks into your urine. The microalbumin test
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purple urine
by
Martin Eastwood
Posted
Sun 04 Oct 2009 11:11pm
Coloured urine can be a dilemma to diagnose. Beeturia, red urine after eating beetroot is well known and the dark urine of dehydration also.
Purple urine has been reported after patient catheterisation. It is commoner in women, alkaline urine , constipation, plastic urinary catheterisation and certain bacteria e.g. E Coli , P mirabilis
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Urine Anion Gap
by
Matt S.
Posted
Tue 09 Dec 2008 12:00am
The urine anion gap is calculated as follows: [urine Na] + [urine K] - [urine Cl].
Think about the urine anion gap much as you think about the serum anion gap. The urine anion gap is really determining unmeasured anions - unmeasured cations. The major unmeasured cation in the urine is ammonium ion, which is how the kidneys get rid
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Urine eosinophils
by
Matt S.
Posted
Fri 15 Aug 2008 12:00am
Eosinophils in the urine can be detected by applying a Hansel's stain to the urine sediment. The presence of >1% eosinophils of the total urine WBCs constitute a positive test. In general, the same things which cause +urine eosinophils may also show elevated serum eosinophils, and in my limited experience it is the presence of SERUM eosinophilia
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Mystery Urine Smell
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Nikki M.
Posted
Tue 07 Oct 2008 6:16pm
One Monday morning, Sharon smelled urine in Muddear's room. Apparently it was quite pungent so she immediately cleaned Muddear's bedside commode. However, after 20 minutes, she was surprised that the urine smell remained quite strong. Thus, Sharon retrieved the bathroom cleaner and commenced to clean the outside of the commode. After the passage
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Mystery Urine Smell
by
Nikki M.
Posted
Fri 03 Oct 2008 6:38pm
One Monday morning, Sharon smelled urine in Muddear's room. Apparently it was quite pungent so she immediately cleaned Muddear's bedside commode. However, after 20 minutes, she was surprised that the urine smell remained quite strong. Thus, Sharon retrieved the bathroom cleaner and commenced to clean the outside of the commode. After the passage
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Urine – Toxic Waste Or Universal Panacea?
by
Methods of Healing
Posted
Thu 05 Aug 2010 6:08pm
Throughout the twentieth century, a handful of doctors and researchers have demonstrated in both laboratory and clinical trials that the human urine is an enormous source of vital nutrients, vitamins, hormones, enzymes and antibodies,...
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Problem with Dog Urine ( golden yellow and smells )
by
heru m.
Posted
Fri 13 Mar 2009 3:15pm
this male yorkie. I have only had him a week and his urine is
golden yellow and smells.
could this be the new food that i have given him or should i be worried?
ANSWER
Dear... of the urine can be normal.
Distinguish urine infections which are followed by urine sediment. Ask your vet to examine your pets urine.
Warm regards
Damjan
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Does Urine Heal Jellyfish Stings?
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Methods of Healing
Posted
Wed 31 Mar 2010 5:25pm
will work. Some of them however are either absolutely wrong, or only half right. Urine for Jellyfish stings is one of those wives tales.
Urine Does Not Heal Jellyfish Stings
You are swimming in the ocean and you first feel the slime, and then the sting. You’ve been stung by a jellyfish – and your first thought is to urinate on it, or to have someone
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