Urine tests

Introduction: Urine tests

The urine may contain various substances for different types of disease. For example, sugar in urine may mean diabetes and blood in urine may mean various kidney conditions. Thus, a variety of diseases have urine tests.

There are several types of different urine tests.

• Fasting urine test
• Random urine test
• Mid-stream urine test
• 24-hour urine test

Infant urine tests: Collecting urine from an infant is more difficult than for older children or adults. However, collection can be done via a strap-on urine collector worn underneath the diaper. Although more convenient than following your toddler around with a jug, this method does cause higher rates of contamination.

Urine tests

Urine tests: Medical tests of the urine.

Urine tests: Types

Other medical diagnostic tests that are types of Urine tests include:

• urinalysis (12)
• urine protein test (6)

Basic Information: Urine tests

Disease or Condition count: 53; see list of conditions below. These are the diseases or medical conditions in which the medical test 'Urine tests' may be involved.

Diseases and Conditions that List Urine tests as a Diagnostic Test

The following list of conditions have 'Urine tests' or similar listed as a medical diagnostic test in our database:

A

• Acute Appendicitis ... urine tests
• Alzheimer's Disease ... urine tests

B

• Batten Disease ... urine tests
• Bladder Cancer ... Urine tests

C

• Childhood nephrotic syndrome ... urine protein test
• Chlamydia ... urine tests
• Cushing's syndrome ... cortisol urine test, 24-Hour Urinary Free Cortisol Level
• Cystitis ... urine tests

D

• Diabetes ... microalbumin urine test, urine protein test, Urine ketones test, Urine sugar test
• Diabetes Insipidus ... urinalysis, urine sugar test

E

• Endometrial Cancer ... urine tests

G

• Glomerular Disease ... Urinalysis, urine protein test
• Gonorrhea ... urine tests

H

• Hyperparathyroidism ... 24-hour urine collection

I

• Impaired glucose tolerance ... Urine ketones test, Urine sugar test
• Impotence ... urinalysis
• Interstitial cystitis ... urine culture, urinalysis, urine cytology

K

• Kidney Cancer ... urine tests
• Kidney conditions ... urinalysis, urine protein test
• Kidney disease ... urine albumin test, urine protein test, random urine test, 24-hour urine test
• Kidney failure ... urine tests
• Kidney stones ... 24 hour urine test

L

• Leptospirosis ... urine culture
• Lupus ... urinalysis
• Lupus nephritis ... urine tests

M

• McCune-Albright Syndrome ... phosphate urine test
• MODY diabetes ... Usual diabetes urine and blood tests
• Multiple Myeloma ... urine M protein antibody tests

N

• Nephrotic syndrome ... urine protein tests
• Neuroblastoma ... urine tests

O

• Osteomalacia ... urine tests

P

• Paget's disease of bone ... urine tests
• Pancreatic cancer ... urine tests
• Pheochromocytoma ... urine tests
• Pregnancy ... urine human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) tests
• Prostate Cancer ... urine tests
• Pyelonephritis ... urine tests

R

• Reiter’s syndrome ... Urine tests
• Renal Tubular Acidosis ... urine potassium, urine chloride, urine sodium, urine tests
• Rheumatic conditions ... Urinalysis

S

• Sjogren's Syndrome ... Urinalysis, kidney urine tests
• Streptococcal Infections ... urinalysis

T

• Type 1 diabetes ... urine sugar test
• Type 2 diabetes ... urine sugar test
• Typhoid fever ... urine culture

U

• Urinary Incontinence ... Urinalysis
• Urinary tract infections ... urinalysis, urine tests
• Urinary tract infections (child) ... urinalysis, urine tests
• Uterine Cancer ... urine tests

V

• Vesicoureteral reflux ... urine tests

W

• Wegener's granulomatosis ... kidney urine tests, urine red blood cell casts test
• Weil's syndrome ... urine culture
• Wilson's Disease ... urine copper level, urine tests

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