Urine test for high blood pressure If you have high blood pressure (hypertension), your advisor may wish to conduct a simple test of your urine to check how well your kidneys and other organs working.
Urine test can give us a lot about how high blood pressure (hypertension) shows the effects of our body, but in some cases the doctor may want more detailed information. If they would like to learn more about how your body works, they may request a urine sample is collected over 24 hours as a disease in pheochromocytoma.
How is a urine test done?
You need to provide a urine sample in the small laboratory. They will test the sample using a special treatment strips that change color to show how the blood sugar or protein, urine contains.
That may show urine?
It may show
* If there are proteins in the urine, so you might have a problem with your kidneys
* If there is blood in the urine, so you might have a problem with your kidneys or bladder
* If the sugar found in the urine, so you may have diabetes mellitus.
How can a urine test conducted 24 hours?
If you have to give urine test 24 hours, you will receive one to two bottles used to collect all the urine your kidneys make over 24 hours.
How to take a sample of 24 hours:
* You must start collecting your urine in the early morning 6:00 to 10:00. Mention of the time when you started the collection of urine.
* When you start, empty your bladder and discard all the urine. Then put all the urine you produce over the next 24 hours in the sample bottle
* Exactly 24 hours after the start, empty your bladder if you have or not the bottle
* You must provide a urine sample to your hospital on the same day it is completed.
In some situations, you will need to collect urine in a bottle containing acid. If this is the case, you will need to be careful not to spill or burn you. Once the acid is diluted with the urine sample first, it is more dangerous, but you should not try to overthrow him.
What can a show 24 hours of urine test?
The largest volume of urine and longer time collection of a 24-hour test may reveal:
* If you have a rare form of high blood pressure (hypertension) called pheochromocytoma
* If you have a condition called Cushing's syndrome.
* How much salt you eat
* How your kidneys work
In addition, if you develop high blood pressure (hypertension), while you are pregnant, a urine test 24 hours can show whether this is due to pre-eclampsia
What should I do something before a urine test?
Both the urine dipstick test and urine test 24 hours are designed to see how your body works on a normal day so it is not necessary to do things differently, so it is important to eat and drink, and behave normally.
Posted on February 23, 2010.
