Clinical studies

Stool test for Helicobacter pylori

Helicobacter pylori is currently recognized as one of the most frequently diagnosed infections affecting humans. The name of this pathogenic microbe literally translates as "spiral-shaped bacteria living in the pyloric (lower) segment of the stomach."

Elevated red blood cells in urine in women

Increased red blood cells in the urine of women are an important diagnostic sign that may indicate various pathological conditions, increased stress on internal organs and systems, disruption of adaptation processes, and much more.

Prostate secretion analysis

Laboratory testing of biological fluid secreted by the prostate gland – prostate secretion analysis – is a non-invasive (painless and safe) diagnostic procedure. This analysis allows you to assess the condition of the gland, as well as identify the disease at an early stage.

Tests for cystitis: what tests should be taken?

You shouldn't play with your health, especially since diagnosing cystitis is not that difficult. The patient can contact his general practitioner with the existing complaints, and he will make a preliminary diagnosis based on the anamnesis and laboratory tests and decide which other doctor the patient should visit: a urologist, nephrologist, gynecologist, venereologist, etc.

Flora smear results: leukocytes, erythrocytes, epithelium, mucus

A gynecological or urological smear is a study of not only the microflora that lives inside our body, but also other components of the internal environment, which can also carry important information for diagnosis.

Bacterial and non-bacterial flora in the smear

The coccal flora in the smear, the representatives of which have a spherical shape, can be presented in all the richness of its species. Normally, cocci together with other opportunistic and neutral microorganisms in the vagina are present in a total volume of no more than 5%.

What does a flora smear show?

The results of a microbiological or cytological examination can be given to the patient or sent to the doctor who prescribed the test (gynecologist, urologist, etc.). A special form for bacteriological or cytological examination is provided for recording the results.

Erythrocytes in urine: symptoms, consequences, diagnosis

Complaints of pain usually accompany urolithiasis, cystitis, uric acid crisis. In other cases, there may be no pain. The greatest danger in this case is posed by tumor processes in the bladder and kidneys.

Causes of elevated red blood cells in urine

Laboratory test results often raise many questions for patients. This is especially true when blood elements appear in fluids where they should not normally be – for example, if red blood cells are found in urine.