It means that the body isn't producing enough insulin to control glucose levels; the patient is probably diabetic.
Most of the time it means that your body is producing to much sugar which can lead or even mean that you have diabetes. Call your doctor and get tested for this.
The normal glucose concentration in urine ranges from 0 to 15 mg/dL. The glucose concentration in urine becomes zero when no glucose has spilled over into the urine.
I'm just wondering the normal count for glucose at my age. I'm a 50 year old woman
Excess glucose in urine is often referred to as "spilling glucose" (into the urine). Spilling glucose only happens in two situations: gestational diabetes (diabetes during pregnancy), and both Diabetes I (juvenile) and Diabetes 2 (Adult onset). Spilling glucose is a silent sign. Excessive thirst, excessive urination are obvious symptoms that should lead a doctor to do urine and blood testing for Diabetes.
As the number of glucose carriers increase, the concentration of glucose in the urine will decrease. This is because more glucose is being reabsorbed by the kidneys back into the bloodstream, reducing the amount of glucose that gets excreted in the urine.
Insulin affects the concentration of glucose in the urine.
All of the glucose are reabsorbed from the Proximal convoluted tubule into the surrounding capillaries,so there is no no glucose in urine.
Normally your body will hold on to most things that it can use and will remove those that it doesn't. If you are not making enough insulin, glucose will be found in the urine. Insulin is needed to carry the glucose molecule into the cell and if it isn't doing this, the glucose will "spill over" into the urine. Testing will give the doctor an idea if you are making insulin and perhaps you might need to take it.
Glucose levels in urine typically increase after meals when blood glucose levels rise. Glucose excretion in urine is typically higher when blood glucose levels are elevated, such as in uncontrolled diabetes.
Urine glucose can be tested using a urine dipstick test. This involves dipping a test strip into a urine sample and checking the color change that indicates the presence of glucose. However, it is important to note that a urine dipstick test is not as accurate as blood tests for measuring glucose levels.
The presence of 100 mg of glucose in urine can be considered elevated, as normal urine typically contains little to no glucose. Glucosuria, or glucose in urine, may indicate conditions such as diabetes mellitus, where blood glucose levels are high enough to exceed the kidney's reabsorption capacity. If glucose is detected in urine, it is advisable to consult a healthcare professional for further evaluation.
A glucose tablet is usually dropped into a test tube of urine to test for glucose. The tablet contains a substance that reacts with glucose in the urine, causing a color change that indicates the presence of glucose.