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Potassium, Random Urine Test and Its Price in Delhi, India

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Potassium Random Urine

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The potassium urine examination estimates the quantity of potassium in a specific quantity of urine.

A potassium urine examination evaluates the grade of potassium in your body. Potassium is a significant molecule in cell metabolism, and it’s significant in conserving the equilibrium of fluids and electrolytes in your body.

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Urine potassium

How the Analysis is Accomplished

After you deliver a urine specimen, it is experimented on in the lab. If required, the physician may request you to accumulate your urine at a clinic or lab for random experimenting. Your provider will notify you how to perform this test. Obey instructions precisely so that the outcomes are valid.

How to Prepare for the Test

Your physician may tell you to temporarily cease consuming any medications that may influence the examination outcomes. Declare your physician about every medication you are taking, comprising:

  • Corticosteroids
  • Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs)
  • Potassium supplements
  • diuretics

DO NOT cease consuming any medication before discussing it with your doctor.

How the Test will Sense

This examination concerns only normal urination. There is no distress.

Why the Examination is accomplished

Your physician may request this examination if you have indications of an ailment that influences body fluids, for example, dehydration, vomiting, or diarrhea.

It may also be accomplished to determine or verify infections of the renal or adrenal glands.

Random Urine Test

You can deliver your specimen at any duration of the day, with no particular preparations or care required. This examination is often accomplished in your provider's clinic or a lab.

Normal Outcomes

For grown-ups:

Typical urine potassium esteems are normally 20 mEq/L in a random urine specimen and 25 to 125 mEq per 24 hours in a day. Lower or elevated urinary grades may happen relying on the quantity of potassium in the food you eat and the quantity of potassium in your body.

What Abnormal Outcomes imply

An elevated than-normal urine potassium grade may be expected to:

  • Diabetic acidosis and other conditions of metabolic acidosis
  • Eating disturbances (anorexia, bulimia)
  • Renal problems, for example, deterioration of kidney cells, named tubule cells (acute tubular necrosis)
  • Inferior blood magnesium grade (hypomagnesemia)
  • Muscle wastage (rhabdomyolysis

Insufficient urine potassium grades may be expected to:

  • Particular medications contain beta-blockers, lithium, trimethoprim, potassium-sparing diuretics, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (NSAIDs)
  • Adrenal glands discharging too nominal hormone (hypoaldosteronism)

Hazards

There are no risks with this examination.

Test Type Potassium Random Urine
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Potassium, Random Urine Test (Physician)

Preparation
Reporting

Within 24 hours*

Test Price ₹ 150 ₹ 300
Frequently Asked Questions
FAQ

In general, the kidneys help in keeping the right amount of the potassium in ones body. If case it becomes high, the healthy kidneys are responsible to filter  the extra potassium, and then it removes it from the person’s  body through ones urine. However, when the kidneys that works quite well, which presents to to remove the enough potassium.

The various symptoms persuade a patient to get tested for potassium in body. Such as

  • Vomiting
  •  Diarrhea 
  •  Shown signs of the dehydration
  •  High or low blood potassium previous  test report
  • Monitor the adverse effects of the medications or the drug treatments.

It is seen that the Low levels of potassium could impair the kidneys' ability to concentrate your urine and also balance out your blood's electrolyte levels, which leads to increased urination. This causes an increased thirst, called as polydipsia. The excessive urination could also lead to lowering the levels of potassium.

For adults, the normal urine potassium values that generally becomes a value of 20 mEq/L in the random urine sample with value of 25 to 125 mEq per day in about 24 hour collection. When it is lower or higher than the urinary level that  occurs depending on amount of potassium in the diet and the amount of potassium in your body.

It is seen that when K+ levels become low, it could take some of the time for your body to further start holding on to the element potassium. When the potassium level either becomes too high or even too low, it could be considered serious. Moreover, the abnormal levels would cause different symptoms, example:  muscle cramps or any weakness, with nausea, diarrhea, or in some cases frequent urination.

In case of Hyperkalemia, which is increase in potassium, happen when the kidneys are not working well, in kidney diseases. It is the responsibility of the kidneys to balance the amount of potassium that will be taken in with the amount which is lost in urine.

Low potassium (hypokalemia) is seen to have many causes. Such as:

  • Diuretics
  • Blood Pressure Medication

You could get yourself tested for Potassium Random Urine Test at Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Center. We would be happy to assist you in getting your sample by trained staff and technicians.

Yes, everybody is eligible for a FREE Home for Potassium Random Urine, from Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Center. Our phlebotomist would collect your urine sample from the convenience of your home. We also provide online support and would send your reports digitally on your phone through whatsapp as well.

Yes, a free doctor’s consultation is available for all individuals. Either before the test, or after the test, you can avail this facility at our center, online or in person

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