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been having foamy urine persistently for a couple weeks now. had some transient pains in my flank, lost a lot of weight in the last 2 years due to stress/malnutrition. basically i've been through a veritable personal and physical hell, that has bordered on starvation. was concerned about having damaged my kidneys.
went to a free kidney screening today and they did a "Siemens diagnostics Multistix PRO 10LS" test on my urine.
results were:
-negative for pyuria (white blood cells)
-negative for hematuria (red blood cells)
- microalbuminuria (protein in urine) 10 mg/L
- specific gravity 1.010
- pH 8.0 (i eat a near vegetarian diet, so that probably explains the pH)
- albumin protein to creatnine ratio: less than 30 mg/g (best possible)
so the results were 100% fine according to them. so my questions are:
1. is this a quality test? like is this thing really worthwhile or is there a huge margin of error here? is a blood test vastly more worthwhile? they didn't do a serum creatnine of my blood, for example.
2. any idea what can explain the persistent, daily foamy urine? is it possible maybe it is cardiac related like maybe i got a DVT somewhere? i had some sharp pains where my right lung is... maybe something else is off?
read a lot about kidney disease and have actually changed my diet to lower phosphate intake. wish you all the best & appreciate any feedback in advance.
regards
-taloots
went to a free kidney screening today and they did a "Siemens diagnostics Multistix PRO 10LS" test on my urine.
results were:
-negative for pyuria (white blood cells)
-negative for hematuria (red blood cells)
- microalbuminuria (protein in urine) 10 mg/L
- specific gravity 1.010
- pH 8.0 (i eat a near vegetarian diet, so that probably explains the pH)
- albumin protein to creatnine ratio: less than 30 mg/g (best possible)
so the results were 100% fine according to them. so my questions are:
1. is this a quality test? like is this thing really worthwhile or is there a huge margin of error here? is a blood test vastly more worthwhile? they didn't do a serum creatnine of my blood, for example.
2. any idea what can explain the persistent, daily foamy urine? is it possible maybe it is cardiac related like maybe i got a DVT somewhere? i had some sharp pains where my right lung is... maybe something else is off?
read a lot about kidney disease and have actually changed my diet to lower phosphate intake. wish you all the best & appreciate any feedback in advance.
regards
-taloots
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