Post Date December, 03 2023
I often meet some people who look nervous and ask: Doctor, I have a lot of foam in my urine. People say that foam in my urine means kidney disease. What should I do? I'm so anxious!
Is there foam in the urine necessarily a health problem? Actually, it is not. So why does this happen?
Normal fresh urine is transparent and light yellow, and the color varies with the amount of water consumed. The formation of foam in urine is due to the liquid surface tension. The higher the tension, the more foam will be formed.
There are a lot of foam in the urine, which may be a normal phenomenon or an abnormal phenomenon caused by disease. So, what is the possible reason for foam urine?
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Normal condition
1. There are many secretions in the urethra: this situation is relatively common. For example, if men have semen in their urethra, they will form foam urine. In particular, some people stop having sex for a long time, often have spermatorrhea, or because of frequent excitement, the urethral mucus increases, and the visible components in the urine increase, making foam increase.
2. Rapid urination and high position: when urination is urgent, or the position is relatively high when urination, the urine is strongly impacted, it is possible to form more foam.
3. Urine concentration: When you drink less water, have diarrhea, and sweat too much, the urine will be concentrated, and there will be more substances in the urine, which is also easy to form foam urine.
4. Other reasons: There are some detergents in the urinal, which will also make foam more.
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Abnormal conditions
1. Proteinuria: There is a lot of protein in the urine, and a lot of foam urine will appear. The characteristic of this foam urine is that the foam is fine and large, like the beer foam, and does not dissipate after several decades.
Proteinuria is one of the most common symptoms in patients with various kidney diseases.
2. Urinary system infection: urinary tract infection can increase the inflammatory secretion in the urethra, thus increasing the foam in the urine. And if the infected bacteria are gas-producing bacteria, it will cause a lot of bubbles in the urine.
3. Increased urine sugar: The increase of glucose in urine will also produce some foam. It is most common in patients with diabetes. Because of the increase of blood sugar, the secondary urine sugar increases, making the urine foam more. It can also be seen that some people have too much foam in their urine due to a temporary increase in urine sugar due to a large amount of carbohydrates taken in a short time or a large amount of glucose injected intravenously.
4. Some rare diseases: such as cystocolic fistula.
For continuous foam urine, a routine urine test can be performed to preliminarily screen whether there is any problem with urine. This examination is very convenient. Just leave one morning urine, and the cost is not expensive. It costs more than 10 yuan, which can be checked in all hospitals.
If there is foam urine, edema, gross hematuria, increased nocturnal urine, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc., you must go to the nephrology department in time to see a doctor. Don't delay your health because of fear of trouble.
If you have checked the routine urine test, renal function, etc., there is nothing wrong with them. For foam urine, you don't need to bear a heavy psychological burden. You can think of a problem every day!
