Description of kidney inflammation Pyelonephritis is an infectious inflammatory kidney disease,usually of bacterial origin (literally is an inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney). It may occur as an acute (a rapid onset, progress with significant symptoms) or chronic (long-lasting,…
turbid urine
Other names: cloudy urine
Fresh healthy human urine is normally clear liquid into golden yellow in color because of the pigment urochromu. It has a specific slightly aromatic odor, which is still in prolonged contact with the air changes ammonia odor due to the ammonia fermentation precipitated urea. Because urine is excreted variety of different substances (contained in the blood and the filtered through the renal system vesicles – glomeruli), urine has a higher density. The final pH of urine is acidic.
When changing the color, density (which of course varies according to how much daytime drink fluids), transparency, odor, pH and other parameters may be a kidney disease of urinary tract(ureters, bladder, urethra), but also diseases other organs.
Some parameters can be measured even at home – eg. PH, sugar and proteins. Textačních strips when you buy in a pharmacy. Upon detection of non-standard values, see your doctor!
Protein in the urine
Milky urine contains mostly proteins which have in the urine in healthy humans in an amount crawl.Causes protein in the urine is a wide range, can mean very different kidney inflammations, wedged kidney stones, poisoning (aminoglycoside antibiotics, mercury, cadmium), kidney cancer (Grawitz tumor), excessive red blood cell destruction (released hemoglobin from him globin, a protein ),breakdown of muscle tissue injuries (myoglobin is released, again protein), myeloma (tumor of hematopoietic tissue, based on plasma cells that produce antibodies, proteins), and other diseases.
Sometimes the urine turbid temporarily, after much effort, fever, overheating or hypothermiavice versa. Protein in the urine can be a fast growing children during movement (in the night disappearing), in adulthood the condition normalizes.
Pus in the urine
Turbidity urine may also be caused by the presence of pus, which consists of white blood cells(leukocytes). When massive amounts of pus in the urine, then urine from the perspective of a suspect – not transparent, but milky or yellowish turbid and sometimes strikingly stinks. Every time it is inflammatory kidney disease.
If you together with turbid urine are other symptoms or have cloudy urine repeatedly, you should contact your doctor! Turbid urine with simultaneous burning during urination is usually a sign of inflammation of the bladder, while the turbid urine with fever and general schváceností is associated with more severe disease affecting the kidneys and other organs.
Blood in urine
Urine may be colored also blood (then a pink to red or brown) with some inflammation of the kidneys, kidney tumor, anemia (anemia), burns tuberculosis kidneys, wounds and diseases of the urinary tract, or may be generally darker (due to dye called bilirubin) in diseases of the liver and biliary tract. Sometimes there is urine color (eg. In pink) through the use of certain medications.The doctor who prescribes them to you or pharmacist if you have attention to frighten you unnecessarily, not in this case of any disease.