One Step Urine Glucose Test Strips Diabetes Testing Kit 100 Dipsticks

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Plastic strips have pads impregnated with chemicals that react with the compounds present in urine producing a characteristic colour.

Asthma Our Asthma service is ideal in emergencies when you are unable to visit your own doctor and need your inhaler urgently. After wetting the strip in the urine sample, quickly remove it and note the color that appears after 30 seconds. A doctor or lab technician will give you a plastic cup with a lid on it and ask you to provide a urine sample.The urine test strip test for specific gravity is based on the change in dissociation constant (pK a) of an anionic polyelectrolyte (poly-(methyl vinyl ether/maleic anhydride)) in an alkali medium that is ionised and releases hydrogen ions in proportion to the number of cations present in the solution. The presence of myoglobin in urine gives a positive reaction in the test strip's blood test but the urine appears clear with a red to brown colouration.

However, it is essential not to take it for granted, as gestational diabetes can have short-term and long-term health implications for the expectant mother as well as the baby.

In many cultures urine was once regarded as a mystical fluid, and in some cultures it is still regarded as such to this day. The most common cause of elevated glucose levels is diabetes, a condition that affects your body’s ability to manage glucose levels. The complex process of reabsorption is usually one of the first renal functions to be affected by disease. If kidneys find excess glucose in the bloodstream, they may excrete it in the urine to prevent organ damage 3.

Reactions for generalised tests [ edit ] Comparison between two reactive strips, one pathological (to the left, from a patient with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus), and an unreacted strip. The test is more sensitive to albumin because albumin contains more amino groups to accept the hydrogen ions than other proteins. The balance is maintained through the controlled excretion of acidic hydrogens in the form of ammonia ions, monohydrogenated phosphate, weak organic acids and through the reabsorption of bicarbonate through glomerular filtration in the convoluted tubules of the nephron.

Intestinal bacteria convert the conjugated bilirubin that is excreted by the bile duct into the intestine into urobilinogen and stercobilinogen. Urine diagnostics makes major progress as reliability improves and test performance becomes progressively easier. High glucose levels could also mean that your blood glucose levels are high at the time of the test. Simply dip the strip in a urine sample, wait for 30 seconds to 2 minutes and compare the colour change in the strip against the colour chart on the bottle.