Clinical Observation of Urine Shred

Kim, Kwang Chu

Abstract

There have been very rare studies or articles about the shreds of urine. The author had observed microscopically the shreds of urine which were taken from the 624 healthy adult Korean males and obtained the following interesting results: 1) The shreds of urine, in the first urine taken early in the morning, were found in 195 cases (31.3%) among the 624 symptomless adult males. 2) In the above 195 cases, the shreds of urine were found in 45 cases (68.2%) among the 66 cases with a history of previous urethritis. And the shreds of urine were found in 150 cases (26.9%) in 558 cases without a history of previous urethritis. 3) As the result of microscopic examination about the shreds of urine in 624 cases, we found out 57 cases (9.1%) with 5~10 leukocytes/H.P.F. These 57 cases consist of 24 cases (36.4%) in 66 cases with a history of previous urethritis and 33 cases (5.9%) in 558 cases without a history of urethritis.