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

Exercise 44

State two reasons for increased urine urobilinogen and one reason for a decreased urine urobilinogen.

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Reasons for increased urobilinogen in urine:

Reason 1: liver disease

• Damage to liver and in liver disease.

• For example, cancer of liver and liver cirrhosis will possibly raise the bilirubin content and eventually rise of urobilinogen in urine as urobilinogen is formed from bilirubin.

Reason 2: hemolytic disorders

• Hemolysis is the destruction of blood cells.

• Disorder in hemolysis causes increase bilirubin secretion eventually increases urobilinogen.