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What Causes Cloudy Urine?
Question: What are some causes for cloudy urine that are NOT uti or kidney. Can it be diet?
Brief Answer:
Several causes for cloudy urine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello Angelac and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, i must convey to you that, there're several causes for cloudy urine. Yes diet play possible rule in cloudy urine. Cloudy urine is generally alkaline happens with vitamins excreted through urine. excess vitamins by diet is rare.
There are other reasons for cloudy urine.
1.Drug induced.
2 Dehydration.
3.Dietary factors.
4.Other than kidney infections, there can be kidney tumors, cysts,stones,etc, causing cloudy urine.
From your question, it looks like some particular reason like diet, seems to be the problem.
If you can be specific diet, I can elaborate on that.
Drink 8-10 glasses liquids daily.
Wish you good health.
Several causes for cloudy urine.
Detailed Answer:
Hello Angelac and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, i must convey to you that, there're several causes for cloudy urine. Yes diet play possible rule in cloudy urine. Cloudy urine is generally alkaline happens with vitamins excreted through urine. excess vitamins by diet is rare.
There are other reasons for cloudy urine.
1.Drug induced.
2 Dehydration.
3.Dietary factors.
4.Other than kidney infections, there can be kidney tumors, cysts,stones,etc, causing cloudy urine.
From your question, it looks like some particular reason like diet, seems to be the problem.
If you can be specific diet, I can elaborate on that.
Drink 8-10 glasses liquids daily.
Wish you good health.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thanks. Can hormones affect it I notice it more during PMS
Brief Answer:
Hormones don't cause cloudy urine.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again.
Hormones don't make urine cloudy.
Unless you're applying local estrogen creams, urine won't be affected.
You should get your urine and culture test done, to be sure that there's no infection.
Also to know, if there's any other cause for cloudy urine, as you seem to observe.
Drink 8-10 glasses water daily.
Hormones don't cause cloudy urine.
Detailed Answer:
Hi again.
Hormones don't make urine cloudy.
Unless you're applying local estrogen creams, urine won't be affected.
You should get your urine and culture test done, to be sure that there's no infection.
Also to know, if there's any other cause for cloudy urine, as you seem to observe.
Drink 8-10 glasses water daily.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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