TestMedica Home Scan diagnostics are a quick and easy way to check for specific parameters in the urine. The detection of these parameters and their levels may be indicative of an abnormality or an infection.
- No need to take time off from work. No insurance copays.
- Private. In-home test results are not shared with anyone.
- Accurate. When used as directed, over 99%.
- Quick & easy. Just dip in urine and read results.
- Each package contains 2tests, except UTI which contains 5 tests.
Diabetes Home Scan
This test checks for glucose in the urine. Glucose in the urine is warning sign of diabetes
- 17 million people have diabetes of which 5.9 million are undiagnosed.
- Diabetes was the sixth leading cause of death in 1999.
Kidney Home Scan
This test checks for protein in the urine. Protein is normally not found in the urine.
- Approximately 2.8 million adults have kidney trouble (1997)
- More females suffer from kidney disease than men.
- 3.139 million chronic bladder conditions were diagnosed in 1996.
Urinary tract infection (UTI) Home Scan
This test checks for nitrite in the urine, which usually indicates a Urinary Tract Infection.
- 8.318 million doctor visits (1997).
- 11 percent of women annually self-report UTI incidence (2000)
Liver Home Scan
This test checks for bilirubin in the urine.
- Over 26,000 people die annually from chronic liver disease and cirrhosis.
- Cirrhosis, is the seventh leading disease-related cause of death in the US.
- There are approximately 3.5 million hepatitis C infections in the US.
- One in every 250 persons is a carrier of the hepatitis B virus.
- There are more than 200,000 new hepatitis B infections annually.
- Approximately 22,000 pregnant women are hepatitis B carriers annually.