What does Foams in urine Mean for Diabetics

Diabetes is a chronic metabolic disorder that can cause various complications if not controlled carefully. People with Diabetes need to be alert for any sign or symptom that comes on to them and do physical checkups regularly to confirm everything is going on well. If a diabetic begins to experience foams(bubblees) in urine which persists, then it will be advised to seek for further tests to confirm whether it is kidney disease that is causing the symptom.

Why do people with Diabetes experience foams in urine? As we know, Diabetes is characterized by high blood glucose. If blood sugar is poorly controlled, they experience increased urination and have increased levels of sugar in urine. The high sugar can cause big foams in urine, however, in this case the foams in urine will disappear soon. If Diabetics otherwise experience small foams in urine which persists long, then it will be suspected as protein in urine, which is a sign for kidney disease cased by Diabetes.

Diabetic kidney disease is a latent disease. In very initial time, when Diabetes damages the kidneys, people don’t have any symptom. The kidneys function to stop proteins from leaking into urine. Diabetes can damage the filtering cells of the kidneys and cause elevated level of albumin in urine. Early on, albumin level in urine is so slight that only if people do microalbuminuria test can it be tested out. Presence of foams in urine suggest there is obviously increased protein in urine, and meanwhile people may have swelling in limbs, eyelids, face, etc.

Diabetic kidney disease can progress rapidly. At early time, people only have abnormal urine test results without other typical symptoms. As for diabetes, American Joslin report suggests that average Diabetes course till the occurrence of proteinuria is 17 years. After occurrence of proteinuria, approximately 50% people with Diabetes can develop into end-stage kidney failure. Hence early prevention, diagnosis and treatment play a key role in improving the prognosis.

If Diabetes have accompanying swelling, high blood pressure, fatigue and weakness in addition to foams in urine, it will be essential to seek for clear diagnosis and early treatment so as to stop the condition from worsening quickly.