Does Bubbles In IgA Patient’s Urine Mean His Kidney Problem
Bubbles in IgA nephropathy patient’s urine is a common symptom, and is it a indication of patient’s kidney problem?
In fact, it may be a reflection of patient’s kidney disease, and it can also be caused by other factors.
Bubbly urine caused by kidney disease:
Bubbles in patient’s urine may be caused by his kidney disease, and that is because patient has massive proteinuria. IgA nephropathy is a kidney disease that there will be immune complex depositing in patient’s glomerular filtration membrane, so patient’s filtration membrane will be damaged gradually. While that will increase the permeability of filtration membrane, which will lead to the protein leaking out from patient’s blood. When the leaked protein is massive, it will caused patient to have bubbles in patient’s urine.
Bubbly urine caused by proteinuria but not kidney problem:
In fact, proteinuria in patient with kidney disease may not caused by his kidney disease, because the protein in our urine can be affected by many factors.
For example, when IgA nephropathy patient takes much high protein foods in his diet, he will have massive proteinuria, which can also cause patient to have bubbley urine. Besides, when patient takes strenuous exercise, the leaked protein from his urine will also increase, and patient may also have bubbly urine.
Thereby, even patient’s bubbly urine is caused by proteinuria, it may not indicate kidney damage.
Bubbly urine caused by other reasons:
In fact, when there are bubbles in patient’s urine, it may not caused by proteinuria, because many other factors can also cause patient to have bubbly urine, such as patient’s urination rate, other leaked substances in patient’s urine, etc. For example, patient with diabetic patient will also have bubbles in his urine, which is caused by the leaked glucose in his urine.
On the other hand, if patient’s bubbly urine is caused by his kidney damage, he should cope with it positively, because it will aggravate patient’s condition greatly if patient has not controlled that well.
In the end, if you have any other trouble in dealing with your kidney disease, you can email us your problem and detailed condition, and we are glad to help you.
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