Patient information - glycosuria
Glucose in the blood is usually reabsorbed by the kidneys unless the blood sugar is raised and the kidneys are unable cope with the glucose load and glucose in the urine occurs.
The amount of glucose in the urine will depend on:
- how much of the time their blood glucose is raised - the level at which glycosuria occurs varies between individuals from 7 to 12 mmol/l
- how high their blood glucose goes
Monitoring glycosuria is useful:
- it gives a picture of the average control since the patient last passed urine.
- patients do not have to prick their finger as they do for blood sugar measurements.
Monitoring glycosuria has limited value in a patient who has tight diabetic control, where urine analysis would be negative almost always.
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