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If Urine is colorless without a lot of water intake indicate?
increased water content from lipid digestion. Diabetes mellitus or insipidus typically
If Urine is cloudy what does that indicate?
alkalinity of the urine from pus, bacteria, or mucus from urinary tract lining
What does Dark-yellow, tea-colored urine indicate?
concentrated urine due to fever, dehydration, excess bilirubin due to liver or gallbladder disease, or ingestion of riboflavin
What does red blood mean?
beets have been eater, a presence of flesh blood from urinary tract, or menstrual blood
What does pungent, grass-smelling urine indicate?
asparagus consumption
what does sharp, medicine-smelling urine indicate?
multivitamins in diet
What does acetone smell in the urine indicate?
presence of ketones indicating diabetes millitus
What are the substances not normally found in urine?
leukocytes, nitrite, urobilinogen, proteins, ketones, bilirubin, glucose, blood
What do leukocytes in the urine indicate?
A damaged glomerulus
What causes nitrite in the blood and what does it indicate?
Byproduct of bacteria metabolism, so a bacterial infection
What does protein in the urine indicate?
damaged glomerulus (glomerulonephritis)
What do ketones in the urine indicate?
excessive fatty acid metabolism which indicates diabetes mellitus, extreme dieting, or starvation
What does bilirubin in the urine indicate?
liver is unable to secrete into small intestine, so liver disease or excessive RBC hemolysis
What does glucose in the blood indicate?
diabetes mellitus
what does blood in the urine indicate?
ingestion of certain drugs, urinary tract infection, cancer, or kidney stones
what are some normal components in urine?
1. epithelial cells from various linings of urinary tract
2. Fibers
3. Crystals
4. an occasional sperm
5. an occasional RBC in menstruating females
6. an occasional WBC
What are some abnormal components in urine?
1. excessive RBCs
2. excessive WBCs
3. Casts (formed in kidney tubes, indicate kidney problems)
4. Excessive cystals (show potential for kidney stones)