PSA: Foamy urine is not normal. If your urine is foamy, notify your doctor.
I have a rare kidney disease. From stages 1 - 3, the only visible symptom was bubbles in my urine -- when I first got sick, my urine looked like beer foam. I got progressively weaker, fatigued, lost hair, memory loss, had high cholesterol, etc. My doctor called me a hypochondriac.
When I got to Stage 4, where I was literally on the verge of kidney failure, I started swelling and having other serious visible signs, so my doctor finally took me seriously.
I wish I had known that foamy urine is not normal. I would have told my doctor early on, and I never have gotten so sick. I wish my doctor had bothered to ask me if my urine was bubbly in any of my check-ups before he called me a hypochondriac.
Also, before people freak out about foamy urine, they should learn the difference between bubbles and foam.
What Normal Urine Looks Like
Normal urine is clear, with a yellowish hue, explains Dr. Ghossein, with no >blood or foam. But foam is different from bubbles, she says.
“Bubbles are bigger, clear and flushable,” Dr. Ghossein explains, noting that >everyone will have bubbles in the toilet after urinating. Foam, on the other >hand, is white, and it stays in the toilet after you flush.
This is a UK Kidney Research which claims men should drink at least 33 fluid ounces of water a day (10 200 ml glasses of water). The folk advice in the US was 8 glasses of water a day when I was growing up.
Drink enough that you have mostly clear urine and ingest plenty of salt.
Thank you for pointing out that there is a definite difference between air bubbles versus the foam that is created when there are things in your urine that are not supposed there. If your urine looks like a draft beer, see a doctor.
As a FYI, my foam never stayed in the toilet after it was flushed.
I'm not excusing him but I understand. If most of your customers are hypochondriacs then you tend to make assumptions in the absence of evidence or asking the right questions.
Yes, I said customers instead of patients. The medical field makes a lot more sense now.
I would argue that doctors are trained to ignore symptoms of diseases at early stages -- when they are easily cured via natural remedies -- and only diagnose disease once it has gotten to the point of chronic disease, where you will need their drugs daily and doctor visits/lab tests monthly. If they diagnose early, they would put themselves out of business.
PSA: Foamy urine is not normal. If your urine is foamy, notify your doctor.
I have a rare kidney disease. From stages 1 - 3, the only visible symptom was bubbles in my urine -- when I first got sick, my urine looked like beer foam. I got progressively weaker, fatigued, lost hair, memory loss, had high cholesterol, etc. My doctor called me a hypochondriac.
When I got to Stage 4, where I was literally on the verge of kidney failure, I started swelling and having other serious visible signs, so my doctor finally took me seriously.
I wish I had known that foamy urine is not normal. I would have told my doctor early on, and I never have gotten so sick. I wish my doctor had bothered to ask me if my urine was bubbly in any of my check-ups before he called me a hypochondriac.
Also, before people freak out about foamy urine, they should learn the difference between bubbles and foam.
What Normal Urine Looks Like
https://www.nm.org/healthbeat/healthy-tips/foamy-urine-whats-normal-whats-not
Drink lots of water, not soda.
This is a UK Kidney Research which claims men should drink at least 33 fluid ounces of water a day (10 200 ml glasses of water). The folk advice in the US was 8 glasses of water a day when I was growing up.
Drink enough that you have mostly clear urine and ingest plenty of salt.
https://www.kidneyresearchuk.org/kidney-health-information/living-with-kidney-disease/how-can-i-help-myself/hydration-for-kidney-health/
Thank you for pointing out that there is a definite difference between air bubbles versus the foam that is created when there are things in your urine that are not supposed there. If your urine looks like a draft beer, see a doctor.
As a FYI, my foam never stayed in the toilet after it was flushed.
Thank you for the information.
I'm not excusing him but I understand. If most of your customers are hypochondriacs then you tend to make assumptions in the absence of evidence or asking the right questions.
Yes, I said customers instead of patients. The medical field makes a lot more sense now.
I would argue that doctors are trained to ignore symptoms of diseases at early stages -- when they are easily cured via natural remedies -- and only diagnose disease once it has gotten to the point of chronic disease, where you will need their drugs daily and doctor visits/lab tests monthly. If they diagnose early, they would put themselves out of business.
Sadly accurate.
Some doctor! There are many like this one, unfortunately.
Believe it or not, he was better than most other doctors I've seen...