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Monitoring for kidneys at home?

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TCup

I often feel I have a urine/kidney infection but don't always like to bother my GP un-necessarily so I was thinking about buying some urine testing strips that will tell you if there is protein, traces of blood, sugar etc in your urine. After taking a look on Amazon, I can see there are several brands with both positive and negative reviews so was wondering if anyone on here could recommend a brand and where to purchase them from here in the UK.I thought Boots might have sold some but the don't.

Are there any other kits we can use to monitor our kidneys at home?

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    This topic has been very helpful to me. Thanks to all for sharing. I have no idea why I did not think to use home testing. I understand the limitations but it at least provides a general screening and my doctor does the same thing. She only requests labs if the screening looks positive or I have a fever.
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