Contents:
- Medical Video: 8 Crucial Kidney-Failure Symptoms That Most People Ignore!
- Is urine foaming a normal thing?
- Foaming urine can be a sign of serious illness
- When should foaming urine be worried?
Medical Video: 8 Crucial Kidney-Failure Symptoms That Most People Ignore!
Have you ever noticed your urine? Is your urine foamy? Some people might find their urine foamy. Maybe this is a common and normal thing that happens to everyone. But, maybe also foamy urine is a sign of serious illness.
Is urine foaming a normal thing?
There are many factors that affect foamy urine. Some of the causes are:
- Your bladder is full so you urinate very quickly and produce foam. Foam will usually disappear in a few minutes.
- Urine is concentrated, usually occurs when you lack fluids or mild dehydration, such as when you are pregnant or after exercise. Drinking more water can overcome this problem.
This is a normal thing. But, if foaming urine persists, this can be a sign of a more serious problem.
Foaming urine can be a sign of serious illness
Foaming urine can be normal if it doesn't happen often. However, urine that is constantly foaming can be a sign that your body is in trouble. Foam in urine can be a sign that there is protein in urine (urine) or proteinuria. Protein in urine will react with air to form foam. This is not a normal thing because the kidneys should filter protein in the urine before urine is released. So that normal urine does not contain protein in it, the protein will remain in your body's bloodstream.
The presence of protein in urine (proteinuria) can be a sign of serious kidney problems, such as chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and high blood pressure can also cause kidney damage, so you experience proteinuria. Too much protein consumption from food and supplements can also cause proteinuria.
In addition, foamy urine can also be caused by retrograde ejaculation in men, although this is rare. Retrograde ejaculation is a condition when a man's semen is released from the bladder not from the penis. This can occur when the bladder sphincter muscle has a malfunctioning, so that a number of semen is pushed in into the bladder. When urine mixed with semen is released, it will cause foam. Retrograde ejaculation can be caused by diabetes, medication for high blood pressure, nerve damage due to spinal cord injury, and surgery on the prostate or urethra.
Foaming urine can also be caused by the use of certain drugs. Like, the drug phenazopyridine (Pyridium, Azo-Standard, Uristat, AZO), which is usually used to treat urinary tract infections (UTI). When you have a UTI, foamy urine can appear along with other symptoms, such as a burning sensation when urinating, frequency of urination more often, and sometimes bleeding urine.
When should foaming urine be worried?
Usually, foamy urine which is a sign of a serious illness will be accompanied by additional symptoms, such as:
- Fatigue
- Loss of appetite
- Nausea and vomiting
- Changes in the amount of urine coming out
- Urine is cloudy, dark, or sometimes bleeding
- Hard to sleep
- Swelling of the hands, feet, face and stomach. This can occur because of the buildup of fluid in the kidneys.
If you experience symptoms like the one above (besides foaming urine every time you urinate), you should immediately consult your doctor. Your doctor may check your urine to ensure that there is protein in your urine or proteinuria, which is usually the most frequent cause of foamy urine.
