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Glucosuric profile (glucose in urine)
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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In healthy people, glucose falling into the primary urine, almost completely reabsorbed in the renal tubules and in the urine by conventional methods is not determined. With an increase in the concentration of glucose in the blood above the renal threshold (8.88-9.99 mmol / l), it begins to enter the urine - there is a glucosuria.
The appearance of glucose in the urine is possible in two cases: with a significant increase in glycemia and with a decrease in the renal threshold of glucose (renal diabetes). Very rarely, episodes of mild glucosuria are possible in healthy people after significant nutritional loads with foods high in carbohydrates.
Usually, the percentage of glucose in urine is determined, which in itself carries insufficient information, since the amount of diuresis and, accordingly, the true loss of glucose in the urine can vary widely. Therefore, it is necessary to calculate daily glucosuria or glucosuria in individual portions of urine.
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