In The Case Of Protienuria , Does The Urine Foam

Posted on Sun, 8 Dec 2019

Question: in the case of protienuria , does the urine foam up no matter how clear your urine is ? , even if its very pale straw colour? , or it only foams when i dont drink much water ? . does it only foam when i urinate in the toilet water or does it also foam when i urinate in a container as well ?

Answered by Dr. Dr. P. T. Patil (57 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Foaming occurs when one urinates in comode

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for query
Foaming of the urine occurs when proteinuria isn’t moderate .

It also occurs when urine is passed with force and hits against the water in commode It is natural ..

Thanks and Regards
DrPatil

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Dr. P. T. Patil (49 minutes later)

so for a person with protienuria more than moderate , the urine will foam no matter how much water you drink? ... even if its not yellow but pale ?

Answered by Dr. Dr. P. T. Patil (57 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Protein in high quantity does case Foamy urine

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for follow up .Protein in urine in high quantity reduces the surface tension of urine which tends to form a foamy urine .However moderate to severe proteinuria will appear milky white .and never clear.

Cleat urine passed in large quantity and with force tends to hit the wall of the commode and water in commode to form a foam .
This has no clinical significance significance at all as long as urine is clear.

Thanks and Regards.
Dr Patil.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar