What does the transparency of urine test mean?

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? Urine routine transparency is one of the items of urine routine examination. Normal urine is transparent, and slight turbidity may appear after placing. The fresh urine was turbid, mostly pathological. It can be seen in renal hematuria, pyuria, bacteriuria, chyluria, etc. Normal fresh urine, in addition to women's urine visible slightly turbid, most are clear and transparent, if placed too long, there will be mild turbidity, this is due to the pH change of urine, urine mucus protein, nuclear protein and other gradual precipitation.

What does the transparency of urine test mean?

Urine transparency test refers to the artificial division of urine into three sections in a continuous micturition, which are respectively placed in three glass containers for direct visual observation and microscopic observation. It is used to assist in the diagnosis of diseases in different parts of the urinary tract, and also to evaluate the body's salt excretion. It is suitable for physical examination of healthy people, Abnormal turbid urine and urination discomfort or urinary tract infection.

Abnormal results: extremely clear and transparent: seen in patients with polyuria such as chronic renal insufficiency; Turbid meat washing water: in hematuria; Gray white cloud like precipitation: seen in pyuria; Cloud like but no precipitation: in bacteriuria; White turbidity: seen in fatty urine or chyluria. Turbid urine at the beginning of discharge is morbid, suggesting that it can be caused by the following reasons: the urine contains white blood cells, red blood cells, purulent cells, epithelial cells and mucus filaments, etc., and the turbidity changes little after heating and adding acid; There are fat globules in urine, such as chyluria. Fat globules can be detected under the microscope and dissolved in ether (milky white urine becomes clear).

Combined with three cup urine test: the first cup was turbid, the second and third cups were transparent, which was seen in urethritis; First, the second cup is transparent, and the third cup is turbid, which can be seen in prostatitis and seminal vesiculitis; All the three cups were turbid, which were found in posterior urethra, bladder or renal pelvis infection. Need to check the crowd: urine turbidity. Attention during examination: fresh morning urine should be used as far as possible. The middle urine is suitable for random urine. Unsuitable crowd: women in menstrual period.

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Inspection process: like routine urine test, clean and dry container should be used, and disposable urine cup and urine test tube provided by the hospital should be preferred. Take about 10 ml urine and send it to the designated inspection window of the hospital. The transparency of urine was observed by the doctor.