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Question: So I have been racking my brain about this topic. I'm 35 male and I suffer from anxiety and my latest episode has been about urine. 6 months ago I had a complete physical with all good marks including urinalysis. Lately I have been under enormous amounts of stress and have noticed (not sure when it started) that I have often have bubbly urine which I read can be a sign of kidney disease. My blood pressure tends to run high 140ish over 90 however with diet and exercise I have been keeping it around 125 over 80 or so. This bubbly urine thing has me very worried. I notice when I drink a lot of water or beer even I don't have this problem and I also notice when I sit to urinate I do not have any bubbles. My questions is; is it possible I am spilling protein with the symptoms I have even though my bubbles are depleted by excessive fluids and nonexistent when I sit to urinate?
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
There are actually a wide variety of causes for bubbles or foam in the urine. They range from mild dehydration (and it's opposite - large volume of urine) to urinary tract infections, to protein in the urine as you mentioned. Without a urinalysis, it is hard to know.
I recommend you go in to the doctor and give a urine sample there. They can do a dip urine check while you are there, to check for protein and signs of infection. The doctor should then send the specimen for a fully urinalysis, and if there are signs of infection, for a culture and sensitivity test (the latter tests which antibiotics would work best).
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further help.
Please keep in mind that in most cases, the bubbles are more due to the volume of flow than to anything pathological.
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
There are actually a wide variety of causes for bubbles or foam in the urine. They range from mild dehydration (and it's opposite - large volume of urine) to urinary tract infections, to protein in the urine as you mentioned. Without a urinalysis, it is hard to know.
I recommend you go in to the doctor and give a urine sample there. They can do a dip urine check while you are there, to check for protein and signs of infection. The doctor should then send the specimen for a fully urinalysis, and if there are signs of infection, for a culture and sensitivity test (the latter tests which antibiotics would work best).
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further help.
Please keep in mind that in most cases, the bubbles are more due to the volume of flow than to anything pathological.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
May I ask: if it were protein would it still foam if I were sitting to urinate? I notice when I sit I have almost no bubbles and same goes for when I drink a lot of liquids. Thanks
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Detailed Answer:
The change in the amount of foam with change in position is more likely due to change in force of the stream. If the foam was due to protein in the urine, I think it would be much less likely to change with change in position. The protein would be there regardless.
Thoughts on this
Detailed Answer:
The change in the amount of foam with change in position is more likely due to change in force of the stream. If the foam was due to protein in the urine, I think it would be much less likely to change with change in position. The protein would be there regardless.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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