What Does This Urinalysis Report Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 10 May 2017

Question: I am concerned about Trace U blood and Turbid clarity below. Please advise. I did not collect midstream, but from the start of the stream--my mistake.
Bacteria, 16 mcL, 0 - 358
Hyaline Cast., 0.1 mcL, 0.0 - 1.0
Squamous Epithelial., 2 mcL, 0 - 31
U RBC, 4 mcL, 0 - 23
U WBC, 3 mcL, 0 - 28
04/19/2017 8:25:00 AM - Urinalysis
Sp Grav Urine, 1.021, 1.005 - 1.030
U Bilirubin, Negative, Negative
U Blood, Trace, Negative
U Clarity, Turbid, Clear
U Color, Yellow, Yellow
U Glucose, Negative, Negative
U Ketones, Negative, Negative
U Leuk Esterase, Negative, Negative
U Nitrite, Negative, Negative
U pH, 5.5, 5.0 - 8.0
U Protein, Negative, Negative
U Source, Midstream Urine
U Urobilinogen, 0.2 EU/dL, 0.2

Answered by Dr. Dr. Antoneta Zotaj (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
They are variations within the norm- nothing to worry

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for asking at Healthcaremagic.

I carefully checked all the values and the reference values of the lab and by what I see all the indexes are within the normal values but the turbidity (urine has seemed not clear when they have examined it)

Urine turbidity while WBC (white blood cells) are in the normal values means that it is not due to infection but sometimes might be due to some cristals. In the beginning it seems turbulent but when left for a while it seems normal and transparent. This is a finding in many patients and is nothing to worry.

Blood result as trace- is almost close to normal and many times some muscle proteins that can come out with urine and are similar to the hemoglobine (the proteine that gives the red color to blood) might give a result that says is trace but is hard to distinguish from hemoglobine. We are mostly concerned with results +, ++, +++ or if they say RBC more than 2 per field.

To summarize I would say:
1. the results of the urinalysis in your case seem within normal limits and I do not see anything to worry.

2. it might be advisable to repeat the urinalysis in a month and see if there is a change in the values.

3. Meanwhile make sure you drink plenty- this keeps the urinary system healthy.

I hope this answers to your question and is helpful to you but please feel free to write if anymore clarification is needed on this.

Kind regards

Antoneta Zotaj, MD

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad