Can a urine test show you have kidney stones?

No: Urine test can show presence of blood, crystals & acidity or alkalinity or acidity of urine, in addition to quantitate calcium, uric acid, cystine or citrate. Former 3 can be elevated with metabolic stone disease. Findings may be suggestive, but diagnostic for stones. You need a kidney ultrasound, abdominal xray or better still an abdominal CT scan to demonstrate kidney stones.

No: Urine test may suggest stones, infections, tumors, and other conditions, but urine test are really diagnositic on their own. Kidney stones are typically diagnosed with x-ray or ct.

No but suggests: Urine test in persons with kidney stones usually shows red blood cells under the microscope. However, if the stone is dormant and small it may show nothing. Occasionally, a stone will be accompanied by infection. Then whites cells may show in urine bec of infection not bec of stone. Also persons may have red blood cells in urine bec of different reasons than stones. A doctor will differentiate.

Test: The first test for stones is an ultrasound. In some patients a CT scan may be needed. Urine findings are non specific though a metabolic urine testing offers into reasons for stone formation.