Urinalysis and Body Fluids 6th Edition by Majorie DiLorenzo, Susan Strasinger

Exercise 24

Explain why glucose that is normally reabsorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule may appear in the urine, and state the renal threshold levels for glucose.

Step 1 of 2

Reason for appearance for glucose in urine:

Generally, glucose is reabsorbed actively in proximal convoluted tubule of nephron in kidney and present in minute amount in urine.

• When renal threshold level of glucose is reached, glucose starts to appear in urine