Determining the urine pH is important when treating patients for stone disease. Patients with metabolic acidosis and uncontrolled diabetes excrete urine containing large amounts of acid. An alkaline urine is excreted after consuming a diet high in vegetables, fruits, and dairy products and due to certain organisms causing a urinary tract infection. Importance of Urine Testing Urinalysis, a simple, inexpensive procedure which analyzes urine for chemicals, cells and bacteria, is an important part of a medical examination. Ir provides your physician with valuable information about your urologic and general health.
Urine testing is performed with a plastic stick that has many squares of different chemicals.
Crystals Yeast Parasites Urine should contain less than five red blood cells per high power field under the microscope. More than two white blood cells seen under the microscope indicate inflammation or infection within the kidney or other parts of the urinary tract. Normal urine contains benign transitional epithelial cells that line the urinary tract. Malignant transitional epithelial cells may be sloughed from a cancer of the urinary tract and detected in a urine sample stained with the Papanicolaou stain. Yeast may be seen in the urine of patients with diabetes or vaginal moniliasis.