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What exactly are they looking for in the urine test?

I asked at my physical back in 2005 and the doctor would not tell me, just said a variety of things.

I suspect protein. That way they can figure out if you have diabetes which needs monitoring and is expensive.

The nurse told me that both the urine and blood tests focus mostly on STDS since they are contagous and dangerous to the public... although I guess it's possible that they test for drugs without saying.. who knows?

I happen to have my lab receipt here - this is for blood & urine

Urinalysis - chem
HIV1 & HIV2
Rapid Plasma Reag
Urinalysis - Micros

Looks like a basic urine test, syphilis & HIV, although that may be more than you really wanted to know :)

These links might be helpful to give you an idea
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understand...ams-2.html

http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/003533.htm

They look for glucose and protein in urine (both possible signs of diabetes) and also blood (in the urine that is) which could be caused by all sorts of things.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/resources/p...ion-11.asp

(Search on the page for urinalysis.)

They actually called me back on the urine test for a repeat test, and told me not to ride my bike there the second time (it was normal then). I guess the DMP must have remembered I arrived all sweaty with my bike helmet. Apparently vigorous exercise is a fairly common cause of microscopic hematuria (invisible traces of blood in urine), so I learned something new from the immigration medical!

http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/...y/467.html

thanks everyone, got all the info I need on that now