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Chemical Tests of Abnormal Constituents in Urine:

1. Determination of Protein
2. Determination of Blood
3. Determination of Bile ….
4. Determination of Glucose
5. Determination of Ketone Bodies
(1) Determination of Protein

Proteinuria: Presence of abnormal amount of protein in urine


more than (150 mg/day).
•Mechanism of Proteinuria:
(A) Glomerular Proteinuria (B) Tubular Proteinuria
• Defect in glomerulus • Defect in tubular reabsorption
(Glomerulus becomes abnormally leaky)
•Increase filtration •Decrease reabsorption
•Large molecular weight protein •Small molecular weight protein
Not filtered , Not reabsorbed Filtered through glomerulus
Ex: Albumin , gamma globulin But, not reabsorbed
Ex: Beta-2-microglobulin

•Cause: •Cause:
Glomerulonephritis Urate nephropathy
Diabetic nephropathy ) ROS) Fanconi Syndrome (Proximal Tubular reabsorption defect)
Preeclampsia Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
( Hydrogen ATPase pump defect ( Renal Tubular Acidosis)
Bence-Jones protein:
•Very small Mwt abnormal proteins that may be excreted in Multiple Myeloma
•It has unusual solubility properties. It precipitate when heated to 40-60C,
BUT becomes soluble again when boiled

Preeclampsia:
•It complicates 5-10% of all pregnancies, yet responsible for 20% of
maternal mortality
•It usually begins after 20 weeks of pregnancy
•It is characterized by : •Proteinuria
•Edema
•Hypertension
(2) Determination of Blood

(B)Haemoglobinuria:
(A)Haematuria: Presence of free Hb in (c)Myoglobinuria:
Presence of intact RBCs in urine Presence of Myoglobin
urine in urine
•Clinical conditions:
•Clinical conditions: • Haemolytic Anemia •Clinical conditions:
Renal Disease: • Mismatched blood • Myocardial infraction
• Glomerulonephritis transfusion • Infraction of skeletal
• Urinary Stones • Snake Venom muscle
Other Clinical Conditions: (Phospholipase A2)
• Bilharziasis
)3) Determination of Bile Salt

•Formed in: Liver


• Stored & Concentrated in: Gallbladder
Bile Salts:
• Normally excreted to the intestine,
Normally absent in urine
• Presence of bile salts in urine
(cholestasis :the flow of bile is impaired)

Bile Salts:
• Itching Emulsification
• Bradycardia
•Steatorrhea
Presence of abnormal amount Small particles
of fats in stool. Lipid
Easliy digested , absorbed

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