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How the urine of a person suffering from acute kidney disease be different of a person with healthy kidneys?
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Urine of a person with a diseased kidney differs from that of a healthy person in one or more of the following ways:
- Volume- There may be polyuria(more quantity of urine), oliguria(less quantity) or anuria(no urine output at all- it is due to chronic renal failure)
- Specific gravity- it increases in various nephritic and nephrotic syndromes
- Colour- may be red or brown(due to blood), or milky (containing pus) etc.
- appearance- urine may be turbid rather than being clear
- pH- may be variable
- Odour- may be ammoniacal due to stasis
- Protienuria- there will be proteinuria (more than the normal 50mg/day)
- Blood- there may be whole red blood cells or just hemoglobin
- Lipiduria- there may be lipids in urine
- Glucosuria- glucose in urine
- Ketonuria- ketone bodies in urine-acetone, acetoacetic acid and beta-hydroxybutyric acid
- bile salts and bile pigments in urine
- Cells- pus cells, red cells, epithilial cells, cell casts) may be found in urine
- Bacteria like E.coli, Proteus, Streptococcus, Staphylococcus etc. may be present in case of urinary tract infections
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