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.
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.