Many people will find that there is a lot of foam in their urine for no reason when they are urinating.
What's going on? If bubbles occasionally appear and there is no other discomfort, don’t worry too much at this time, but if such bubbles always appear repeatedly, you should be wary of whether there is a kidney problem.
Before you understand the causes of foam urine, you must first understand what foam urine is?
The so-called foamy urine actually contains some organic and inorganic substances in the urine. If the urine tension weakens, some foam will appear.
First, there is protein in the urine. The abnormal increase in protein content in the urine is the most common cause of foamy urine. proteinuria is mainly seen in various chronic kidney disease , so if you find that there is protein in the urine during physical examination, you must not ignore it.
Second, when there is infection in the urine, it may also cause foamy urine. Many people will find that not only has foam in the urine, but also find that it is very cloudy in the urine, and sometimes flocs are also found.
For chronic kidney disease, the most terrible thing is chronic renal failure , and among chronic renal failure, the most serious one is uremia .
Uremia is the end stage of chronic kidney disease. When uremia occurs, abnormal foam in the urine is a signal. In addition, there will be edema, hematuria , hypoproteinemia, and renal anemia .
1. Uremia may manifest as gastrointestinal symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting, such as black stool.
2. Uremia may cause palpitations , chest tightness , shortness of breath, this is because uremia will cause sodium and water retention and increase metabolic waste, thereby increasing the burden on the kidneys.
3. Uremia can cause osteoporosis in , which is due to poor kidneys, which leads to calcium deficiency and high phosphorus.
But you can use these methods to determine whether it is foamy urine. Regarding foamy urine, we can check
1 in 3 ways. Look at the time of foamy stay
0 If the foam does not disappear for a long time, it is likely to be proteinuria. The main reason is the presence of protein in the urine, which reduces the surface tension of , making the bubbles in the urine not easy to disappear. The urine of liver patients usually has yellow bubbles for a long time.
2. Observe transparency
Normal urine is relatively clean and transparent. If the excreted urine becomes turbid and still precipitates evenly, the most common thing is to maintain salt. In addition to dietary reasons, you need to pay attention to the existence of the sand. If so, it will have stones. Furthermore, in most cases, the presence of flocs called pulmonary uremia is a hallmark of urinary infection.
3. Smell the smell
Normal urine does not have much smell. After resting, the urine will decompose and release ammonia . The odor of ammonia may have the ability of chronic cystitis and urine.
Is foamy urine a problem with our kidneys?
If the foam in the urine is large or different and lasts for a relatively short time, some organic substances ( glucose ) and inorganic substances ( mineral salt ) contained in the urine are more likely to produce urine. Bubbles that fall within this range. In this case, you don't have to worry too much. But if it is a big bubble and it will disappear soon, you should be careful with diabetes . If the surface of the urine floats in a small section of foam that has not disappeared for a long time, it may be proteinuria.
