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A urine test for urobilinogen quantifies the level of urobilinogen in your urine (pee). Urobilinogen is found in some common urine. A liver condition like cirrhosis or hepatitis, as well as some anemias, may also be indicated by an excessive amount of urobilinogen in the urine. Urobilinogen levels that are low or nonexistent could indicate issues with your liver, gallbladder, or bile ducts.

Bilirubin is the source of urobilinogen. When your body naturally destroys old red blood cells, bilirubin is produced. Bilirubin is converted by your liver into bile, a substance that aids in intestinal food digestion. Some bile travels directly from your liver through ducts (tiny tubes) into your intestines. The remainder is kept in reserve in your gallbladder for future use.

The bilirubin in your bile is broken down by the good bacteria in your intestines, which also produces urobilinogen. Your stool contains some of the urobilinogen that leaves your body (poop). Some of it travels through your bloodstream and is "recycled" into bile in your liver. Your body excretes a small amount of urobilinogen in urine.

Urobilinogen levels in urine that are low or absent may indicate that something is preventing bile from entering your intestines. Urobilinogen levels that are high in the urine could mean:

Your body breaks down red blood cells more quickly than it can produce them, which causes your liver to produce excessive amounts of bilirubin. Hemolytic anemia is the term for this disorder.

Because of liver illness, your liver is unable to convert urobilinogen back into bile.

Other terms include chemical urinalysis, urine analysis, and urine test.

What does it serve?

A urinalysis, a test that assesses various cells, molecules, and other components in your urine, may include a urobilinogen in urine test. Your general health can be checked with a urinalysis frequently. Additionally, it can aid in the diagnosis of numerous other medical disorders as well as liver-related ailments.

Why do I require a urine test for urobilinogen?

This test can be required by your doctor as part of a routine examination or to keep an eye on an existing liver issue. If you exhibit signs of hemolytic anaemia or liver illness, you might also have this test.

Liver disease symptoms might include:

• nausea and diarrhoea
• Having no appetite
• Fatigue 
• Weakness
• When you have jaundice, your skin and eyes turn yellow.
• abdominal bloating and/or pain (belly)
• your ankles and legs swelling
• light-colored stool or urine that is dark in color (poop)
• recurring itching

The following are examples of hemolytic anemia symptoms:

• Fatigue 
• Dizziness
• heart flutters (feeling that your heart is skipping a beat, fluttering, or beating too hard or too fast)
• Headache
• Confusion
• Jaundice
• liver or spleen that are larger than usual

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