Explain why a patient with diabetes mellitus may receive news of glycosuria after a urinalysis test in his doctor's office
What will be an ideal response?
Carrier proteins that transport glucose during tubular reabsorption can become saturated if all of the sites on the carrier proteins are filled. These carrier proteins are said to have reached their transport maximum (TM). Glucose molecules unable to bind to carrier proteins are not reabsorbed and will end up in the urine. Glycosuria is a condition of glucose in the urine and is common with diabetes mellitus in which excess glucose is not reabsorbed.
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