Urea and electrolytes blood test on the NHS UK. Do they actually test Urea?

[Callmestar]

My main symptom has been extreme thirst, frequent urination and dehydration for many years now. I recently had a private blood test which showed high Urea, although my eGFR is 'normal'.

I notice the many blood tests I've had done on the NHS over the years have Urea and electrolytes stated as markers tested but there is never a figure given for Urea, only figures for sodium, potassium, creatinine and eGFR. Are they actually testing urea in this set of markers? If so why is there no figure given? Am I missing something? Why do they call it urea and electrolytes if there's no urea test?

I'm wondering if they've missed high Urea for many years if for some reasons they don't test it.

Any advice on this would be appreciated.

 

[golder]

Really hope you manage to get an answer to this and I noticed the exact same thing on my UK blood test, also exhibiting similar symptoms to yourself.