Routine Urine Examination

• Normally absent.
• Present in kidney disorders, dehydration, heart disease, and severe diarrhea.

Urine Chemical Analyser

• Normally absent.
• If present, it indicates diabetes mellitus or hyperactivity of the endocrine glands.
• It can be present after brain injury or coronary thrombosis.

• Normally absent.
• If test shows ketones, it is due to severe diabetes mellitus, fevers, certain nervous disorders or prolonged diarrhea and vomiting.
• Even when a person starves, the urine shows a presence of ketone bodies.

• Normally absent.
• Present in liver disorders.

• Normally absent.
• Present in liver disorders.

• Normally present in very low concentrations.
• Increased in liver disorders.

• Normally absent.
• Present in acute kidney infections, kidney cancer, tuberculosis of the kidneys, chronic infections, stone formation in the kidneys, severe burns or a reaction to blood transfusion.

• Lactose: May be present normally. It is present in lactating women.
• Fructose: Present in liver disorders.
• Pentoses: Are present due to drug therapy or hereditary conditions.

• Ascorbic acid: Present in Vitamin C therapy.
• Salicylic acid: Due to drugs having salicilates.
• Menthol: Due to the intake of food containing menthol.

• It is present in very low concentrations.
• It is increased due to intestinal obstruction, cholera, typhoid fever or peritonitis.
• Sometimes, it is due to the intake of diets rich in proteins.

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