UroKEY Urological (UTI) Test Service
$209.00 – $215.00
- Infections this can help detect
- Symptoms to consider for use
- Medical specialties that treat infection
- Collection instructions
- To Utilize Physician Service
- Purchase disclaimers
- Add-ons
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Infections this can help detect
Symptoms to consider for use
- Urgent, persistent need to urinate
- Pain or burning when urinating
- Very frequent urination
- Straining and dribbling – i.e., passing small amounts of urine
- Blood in the urine (may turn urine red, pink, or brownish)
- Strong-smelling urine
- Discharge from the urethra
- Pain in the pelvis in women
- Pain between the scrotum and anus in men
- Frequent urination throughout the day
- Pain or discomfort in the bladder before urinating, and relief after
- Pain during or after sex
Medical specialties that treat infection
- Primary Care Physician
- Urologist
- Urogynecologist
Collection instructions
To Utilize Physician Service
MicroGenDX Delivered Steps
Step 1: Place an order using the physician service (leave box checked)
Step 2: Set up your patient portal
Step 3: Collect and ship your sample
Step 4: Receive results through your patient portal
Step 5 (Optional): Consult a healthcare provider about your results (instructions on how to do this will be sent to your email)
Purchase disclaimers
- Sample should be shipped out to the lab within 24 hours of collection. If you are unable to ship out the sample within 24 hours, be sure to place in a refrigerator.
- Samples that have not been submitted, cannot be refunded after 90 days.
- We DO NOT offer refunds on shipping fees or lab services.
Add-ons
If you select that you would like STI testing we will also run a discrete test using PCR that checks for:
- Chlamydia trachomatis
- Mycoplasma genitalium
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Trichomonas vaginalis
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A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in any part of your urinary system – your kidneys, bladder, ureters (the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder) or urethra (the tube that carries urine out of the body).
UTIs are usually either “upper” or “lower,” depending on where the infection is located. The most common are lower UTIs, which infect the bladder and can cause it to become inflamed (these are referred to as “cystitis”).
In most cases, these bladder infections are caused by bacteria, though they can sometimes be caused by certain viruses or fungi (yeast).
Both women and men get bladder infections, but they are much more common among women. For example, among people between the ages of 20 and 50, bacterial UTIs are about 50 times more common among women than men. In people older than 50, there’s less of a difference between the sexes. Read more
IC is a chronic condition that can cause frequent urination, bladder pressure and pain, and sometimes pain in the pelvis. This pain can be anywhere from mild to severe. Your symptoms may vary over time, and flare up when you’re stressed, during or after sexual activity, after eating certain foods, or if you’ve been sitting for a long time.
Also called “bladder pain syndrome,” IC is estimated to affect between 3 million and 8 million women and between one million and four million men in the United States alone.
Scientists don’t know exactly what causes IC, but many factors probably contribute. That’s why testing is so important. IC symptoms are caused by bladder inflammation, but many of the symptoms are similar to a urinary tract infection (UTI). In many cases, IC is a misdiagnosis and the issue may be a chronic UTI. Doctors need to rule out a UTI to treat you appropriately for IC.
It’s also possible to get a UTI in addition to IC, which could make your symptoms worse. Treating the UTI with the appropriate antibiotic or antifungal can then help you feel better.
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