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Take Charge of your Own Health with BIOTEST HOME DIAGNOSTIC KITS

Biotest is a range of rapid diagnostic kits for use in the home. They can help in early detection of medical conditions, saving lives and expensive medical costs. Results are obtained quickly and accurately.

We no longer have to worry if those sleepless nights or hot flushes are due to high blood pressure or a hormonal problem, or if the persistent pain in the lower back is due to a kidney problem or muscle pain, or if the unquenchable thirst is due to an onset of diabetes or something else.

This series of affordable home test kits is available under the BioTEST range. It seeks to help consumers to be more aware of their health condition.

Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a health problem affecting millions of people each year. Urinary tract infection is caused by bacteria infecting one of the urinary systems which begins with urethra, bladder, ureter and finally kidney. Normally it is more common in women than in men. Symptoms of urinary tract infections can be divided into two groups – lower UTI (Cystitis and Urethritis) and upper UTI (pyelonephritis). Symptoms that indicate lower UTI include back pain, blood in the urine, cloudy urine, inability to urinate despite the urge, fever, frequent need to urinate, general discomfort or painful urination. Symptoms that indicate upper UTI include chills, high fever, nausea, pain below the ribs or vomiting.

Indications: BIOTEST Urinary Tract Infection Test Kit is designed to trace for white blood cells (leukocytes), red blood cells (RBCs) and bacteria. White blood cells are a type of blood cells responsible for defending the body against any invader, so it is considered as a first sign for any infection in the body. Its presence in the urine indicates that the infection is taking place some where in the urinary tract. When infection occurs, white blood cells move from the capillaries around the urinary tract and enter the lumen of it to kill the bacteria. This movement may be some times associated with the movement of red blood cells due to the increased permeability of the capillaries. Certain type of bacteria (among them E.coli) have the ability to generate Nitrite.

Directions:

BIOTEST Urinary Tract Infection test kit contains a dip-and-read test strips and intended for use to check for Leukocytes, RBCs and nitrite in urine specimens as an aid in diagnosing UTI. The test provides results by the visual comparison with colour chart printed on the box. BIOTEST Urinary Tract Infection test is advantages compared to microscopic test in that it is able to detect intact or lysed white blood cells. This is because the strip can detect an enzyme that is secreted from the leukocyte, so even if they are lysed, the enzyme will still be available.