Proteinuria is too much protein in your urine. Generally, if your kidneys are physically healthy, proteins do not typically filter into your urine because of their large size.
In the circumstances of glumeruli (filters) damage in your kidney, proteins have less difficulty making it through. The protein most likely to show up in a [...]
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Hematuria is the technical term for the presence of red blood cells in urine.
Several conditions can cause hematuria, most of them not serious. For example, exercise may be the cause of your hematuria.
However, you should contact your health care provider to be safe. Because that blood in your urine may be the result of [...]
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UTI Test
Is your urine cloudy, murky, turbid, muddy or rusty in color, and may or may not have a foul, bad, unpleasant odor/smell? Usually cloudy and sometimes smelly urine is a sign of a urinary tract or bladder infection.
An additional symptom with these infections is the frequent urge to urinate. When you do, urination burns. [...]
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Urine Tests
Abnormal smell and/or color of your urine can be caused by an array of factors. Urine excreted by an otherwise hydrated healthy person does not usually have a strong smelly odor and its appearance is straw-like in color.
Some foods, vitamin supplements and medications may cause a noticeable change in your urine, for example, asparagus [...]
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UTI Test
A frequent urge to urinate and a painful, burning feeling in the area of the bladder or urethra during urination are symptoms of a bladder infection (cystitis). Not everyone experiences bladder infection symptoms, however most will have some sort of symptoms.
In addition, you may feel bad all over or even feel pain when [...]
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Creating a healthy lifestyle includes monitoring what goes into your body as well as what comes out. Your urine offers some clues to the condition of your health through sight and smell. If you are drinking enough fluids and are otherwise healthy, urine does not usually have a strong smell and is straw [...]
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