Foamy Urine Causes
Presence of foamy urine in the toilet bowl after urination can cause lots of people to panic. However, one does not necessarily need to panic. Foamy urine in morning or any other time can be caused due to a variety of reasons like forceful urination, proteinuria, urinary tract infection or vesicocolic fistula.
Urine is the pale yellow to amber colored, waste product formed in the kidneys and excreted from the body via the urethra. It is a solution, full of metabolic wastes (often toxic) that have been filtered from the plasma. Urine exiting the kidney comprises urea, uric acid, water, ammonia, inorganic salts and broken down blood pigments. Thus, by formation of urine, the body is actually getting rid of all the toxic waste materials, whose retention could prove detrimental to the body. Normally, on urinating, one will not find any bubbles or foam, however, sometimes after urination foamy urine may be present in the toilet bowl. Read more on bubbles in urine.
Foamy Urine Causes
Rapid Urination
Foamy urine can be caused by rapid urination. At times, amount of urine gets collected in the bladder. Finally when you do urinate, you may end up urinating forcefully in an attempt to let it all out as fast as possible. This causes the urine stream to hit the toilet bowl rapidly, thereby spearheading foam formation. Low amount of fluid intake results in formation of concentrated urine, which leads to foamy urine. Foamy urine caused by forceful urination or dehydration is not deleterious. However, try emptying your bladder with less force and drink lots of water. Check if the foam persists. If it persists, the underlying reason may be something else.
Proteinuria Proteinuria or presence of significant amounts of protein in the urine is one of the most common foamy urine causes. A small amount of protein is naturally excreted in our urine. However, when this small amount turns to large amounts, the condition is called proteinuria. The responsibility to regulate protein levels in the urine lies with the glomeruli of the kidneys. Times when the glomeruli get infected or damaged and are unable to prevent protein from leaving the body in the urine, proteinuria occurs. When the protein from the urine hits the toilet bowl after urination, foamy urine is produced. Find out more about proteinuria on high protein in urine
and protein in urine causes.
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) When microorganisms attack the urinary tract, urinary tract infection
is caused. Foamy urine symptoms are one of the symptoms of UTI and is mostly accompanied by burning sensation. This is because the infection triggering microorganism causes the foam in the urine. Also read cloudy urine.
Vesicocolic Fistula
Situations where a vesicocolic fistula or abnormal connection is formed between the colon and the urinary tract, an edema is formed at the base of the urinary bladder. The fluid gets accumulated under the skin and foam is produced. On urination, this foam produced in the bladder is released. However, foamy urine due to vesicocolic fistula can be an indicator for grave medical conditions like tumors, Crohn’s disease.
Read more on:
- Blood Clots in Urine
- White Blood Cells in Urine
- Acidic Urine People with diabetes and kidney stones
may also experience foamy urine after urination. To find out what exactly is causing the foamy urine, you need to consult the medical practitioner, who will ask you to go for a dipstick test. This test will check if the foam is being caused by too much protein in urine. A simple urinalysis would also do. Usually for urine testing, sample of urine are collected for 24 hours and sent for testing for accurate results. The test will identify which one of these foamy urine causes is relevant to you.
