How long does it take for the foam in the urine to remain before it is considered proteinuria?



Urine foam if five or even ten minutes has not dissipated, consider the possibility of proteinuria, but to diagnose whether the proteinuria need to carry out urine routine, 24-hour urine protein quantitative and other tests to determine.

In general, the urine foam will disappear within two minutes, and if the urine foam for a long time did not dissipate, consider the possibility of proteinuria, but can not be used as a basis for determining whether it is proteinuria, should be timely to the hospital to improve the urine routine, 24-hour urine protein quantitative examination, the proteinuria for a definitive diagnosis of the urine needs to be analyzed in order to be clear.

Urine protein in the early stage is generally no special symptoms, with the loss of excessive protein in the urine, only to appear naked eye visible foam urine, limb weakness, edema and other symptoms.

Foamy urine is a symptom of proteinuria, but it is not the basis for judgment, and the causes of proteinuria are diverse, it is recommended that the patient to go to the hospital for a detailed examination of the abnormalities, to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the physician active treatment.