By doing tests, patients can know what disease they get, but for some
patients, they do not know what tests are necessary for them. For patients with
Chronic Kidney Disease, several tests are essential, which conclude Routine
Urine Test, Blood Biochemical Test and Renal Function Test.
● Urine Routine Test
In Urine Routine Test, urine protein and occult blood are the most important
indicators for patients with Chronic Kidney Disease. The normal range of protein
in urine usually is manifested as-, or - +. If in the test, urine protein
follows by -, or - +, that is to say there are no much protein in your urine.
Plus sign means your urine is cloudy. Minus sign means your urine is limpid. The
more plus signs behind this indicator, the much protein in your urine, and then
the more serious your disease is. Similar with urine protein(Proteinuria and Kidney Disease), a plus sign means
that you have no hematuria symptom and the more plus signs, the more serious of
your hematuria symptom. Apart from these two, there are some other
indicators:
urine leucocyte (≤5), glucose ( blue fluid), PH value ( 5.5~7.5), urinary
color ( faint yellow), urinary transparency (transparent), specific gravity
(1.01~1.03)
● Blood Biochemical Test
For patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, the volume of sodium and phosphorus
in their blood are usually higher than that for healthy people. Both sodium and
calcium in their blood are less than people who have no Chronic Kidney Disease.
The followings are the normal range of these several different trace
elements.
Sodium (133mmol/L ~143mmol/L), potassium (3.3mmol/L ~5mmol/L), phosphorus
(0.97mmol/L ~1.6mmol/L), calcium (2.25mmol/L ~2.75mmol/L)
● Renal Function Test
In Renal Isufficiency Test, Creatinine (male: 44.2~133ummol/L,
female:70.7~106.1umol/L) and Urea nitrogen (1.79~7.41mmol/L) are the most
important indicators. For patients with Chronic Kidney Disease, their creatinine(High Creatinine Levels) and urea nitrogen are usually higher than that for healthy people. Therefore, if
your creatinine and urea nitrogen increase, that is to say your renal function
is damaged.
Due to the different standards in different countries or hospitals, the
reference value sometimes is not different. However, as long as the values
appearing in the tests reports is not in the normal range, there are something
wrong with your kidneys and you should receive treatment quickly.