Question

1. Why is a urinalysis an important tool in a routine physical?

2. Suggest an explanation for blood in the urine.

Answer 1

1. Urinalysis is an important diagnostic tool because it is done easily and can be used as a screening test to detect common diseases like urinary tract infection, liver problems ,kidney disorder , diabetes and other metabolic conditions . It involves checking the appearance , concentration ,and content of urine . Abnormal urine analysis results points to a disease.

2. Blood in urine means presence of blood in urine. It is aslo called as hematuria in medical terms . It can be manifested in many disease condition like in nephrolithiasis , cancer of kidney , cystitis , urolithiasis , nephritic syndrome etc. The explanation of blood in urine depends upon cause of disease like stones in the kidney causes friction and blood loss in the kidney .