Muddy urine during pregnancy. Causes

Do you have a problem - turbid urine during pregnancy? And you do not know what is causing this. This article will tell you about all the points associated with the analysis of urine during pregnancy.

During pregnancy, a large number of different tests are performed to observe its course and so that possible violations can be detected in time. Of the whole heap of tests that are carried out throughout pregnancy, urinalysis is used most often - often with each visit of a midwife. In order to make the most accurate analysis, urine should be collected in the morning, as it is the morning urine that completely characterizes the state of the organism. It is necessary to wash the genitals before collecting urine in order to avoid getting bacteria or other substances into it.

Thanks to the laboratory analysis, the kidneys, the state of the bladder, the state of the organism of the pregnant woman as a whole are evaluated. With the help of this analysis, it is possible to detect in the urine the content of sugar, protein, bacteria, erythrocytes, leukocytes, which indicates violations.

Healthy urine can be either light yellow or light brown, but must be transparent. Turbid urine during pregnancy indicates the content in it of all kinds of bacteria, salts, leukocytes, red blood cells and other elements, which are mainly a sign of the presence of some infectious disease of the urinary tract.

During the analysis, the acidity of urine is taken into account, and the optimal urinary pH is from 4.5 to 8. In most cases, the acidity of urine depends on the specific diet of the pregnant woman. However, a decrease or increase in the acid level without obvious causes suggests serious violations. So, reduced acidity indicates dehydration of the body, and increased may be a sign of kidney disease.

The presence of sugar in the urine is not at all a reliable factor that a pregnant woman has diabetes. Sugar is often detected if, before collecting urine, the pregnant woman drank a sweet drink or ate well. However, a very high sugar content in the urine indicates gestational diabetes, which occurs for the first time in the course of twenty weeks in some pregnant women. If you have a poor urine test during pregnancy, do not leave it just like that. Do more research if you feel more tired, constantly thirsty, lethargic or lose weight.

Poor urine during pregnancy can also be due to an additional burden on the kidneys, so a small amount of protein may appear in the assay - it is considered normal if it is found up to 300 mg per day, that is, in very small quantities. Although even with such indicators, more careful monitoring of the state of health of a pregnant woman is required. The increased protein proteinuria content in urine, which can also cause turbid urine in pregnancy, is primarily a sign of kidney disease (nephrosis, glomerulonephritis, kidney amyloidosis), hormonal disorders, and infectious diseases of the urinary tract. In later terms, the presence of protein in the urine in conjunction with the flow of limbs and high blood pressure are symptoms of gestosis.

Also, cloudy urine during pregnancy can be due to the increased number of white blood cells in urine, which indicates inflammatory processes in the urinary tract and in the organs of the urinary tract, such as urolithiasis, interstitial nephritis, pyelonephritis, cystitis.

If in addition to the tests, you found at home that you have a cloudy urine, do not delay it, but immediately consult a doctor for advice. Do not forget that during pregnancy you are responsible not only for your life, but also for the life of your future baby!