Healthy people will see bubbles in the toilet when they urinate with “some applied force,” Su said, but “the frothy bubbles should recede in about 10 to 20 minutes. Urine, when collected in a sample tube, should be in clear liquid form.”
Sometimes urine looks bubbly because you had a full bladder and a strong urine stream. A single layer of bubbles that disappears is normal, especially if it only happens now and then.
The presence of foam or bubbles in your urine is not an immediate cause for concern if it happens occasionally. A simple explanation for what you're seeing is a high speed of urination. However, if you notice foam in your urine frequently, you should take it seriously and contact your doctor.
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 increased pressure [causes] increased stress, which leads to damage and protein in the urine," says Dr. Liss, which, again, can result in foaminess.
Can drinking water reduce protein in urine? No, drinking more water won't treat proteinuria. Drinking more water will make you pee more, so there may be less protein every time you pee, but it won't stop your kidneys from leaking protein.
Foamy, frothy or bubbly urine.
Stage 1 CKD means you have a normal estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) of 90 or greater, but there is protein in your urine (i.e., your pee). The presence of protein alone means you are in Stage 1 CKD.
Passing foamy urine now and then is normal, for the speed of urination and other factors can influence this. But you should see your doctor if you have persistently foamy urine that becomes more noticeable over time. This can be a sign of protein in your urine (proteinuria), which requires further evaluation.
Protein in the urine is not usually obvious, but can be detected by a simple dip- stick test, or sometimes by more sensitive lab tests. The presence of protein in the urine can act as a warning signal that not all is well with the kidneys. Usually there are no symptoms.
While you cannot physically see protein in your urine without a urine test, you may have other symptoms that signal kidney disease: Difficulty going to the bathroom. Exhaustion.
Phospholipids, a constituent of the lipid bilayers of cell membranes, are also amphiphilic. It is not unreasonable to expect that ruptured cells releasing membrane phospholipids in the urine, as in microscopic hematuria and/or pyuria without proteinuria, can contribute to formation of urine foam.
Foamy urine is widely regarded as a sign of proteinuria.
When your kidneys are failing, a high concentration and accumulation of substances lead to brown, red, or purple urine. Studies suggest the urine color is due to abnormal protein or sugar as well as high numbers of cellular casts and red and white blood cells.
The “foam”, in fact, is just harmless bubbles.
Bubbling can be caused by strong streams that hit the toilet. Congratulations on the powerful flow. Foamy urine will be clearer than clear, and it will stay in your toilet until the bubbles have disappeared.
Long-standing diabetes causes diabetes-related nephropathy. Symptoms don't appear until later stages, but they include swelling, peeing more often, foamy pee, nausea and fatigue.
Brown. Brown urine can be associated with myoglobinuria, or the presence of myoglobin — a protein found in muscle — in the urine.
When kidneys are failing, the increased concentration and accumulation of substances in urine lead to a darker color which may be brown, red or purple. The color change is due to abnormal protein or sugar, high levels of red and white blood cells, and high numbers of tube-shaped particles called cellular casts.