Phosphates in the urine

Urine is one of the biological fluids of a person that characterizes the state of the excretory system of the body. There are several varieties of urine tests that characterize the state of the excretory system at different levels.

Normally, urine should be light-straw color, transparent, without foreign inclusions. In the urine there should be no red blood cells, and the presence of leukocytes is allowed up to 5-6. Protein also should not normally be in the sediment, the glucose test should normally be negative. Sometimes in the urine may be present mucus - this may be due to not too thorough hygiene of the genitals or a sign of the disease.

Phosphates in the urine should normally be absent. Their presence indicates a violation of the kidneys. The presence of calcium phosphate and magnesium in urine can be proved by heating urine and adding acetic acid to it. If the fluid becomes turbid, but the bubbles do not form, then there are phosphates in the urine.

According to statistics, phosphate in the urine is most often found in women, while the urine reaction changes toward more alkaline. With increasing parathyroid function, phosphate accumulation takes place in the renal parenchyma, which then enters the urine and is eliminated.

Phosphaturia can be a congenital disease, which is diagnosed even in newborn children. It should be noted that the congenital form of this disease is much heavier than the acquired one.

Phosphates in the urine can be present as a consequence of the infectious process in the kidneys, then it will be called false, true phosphaturia is observed in parathyroid gland disease. At the moment, false phosphaturia occurs much more often than true, and as a rule, it proceeds more favorably.

Phosphates in the urine during pregnancy - a fairly frequent variant of a violation of the norm. In this case, the urine of pregnant women becomes turbid, the number of leukocytes increases, red blood cells and an admixture of pus may appear. With a normal pregnancy, the number of salts decreases; Most of these compounds are used to build the fetal bone structures. If the phosphate is present in the urine of a pregnant woman, it means that the woman has impaired renal system.

At the same time, the risk of formation of small stones in the kidney is great, which is very dangerous in pregnancy. Phosphaturia itself in pregnancy is not as dangerous as a disease or a condition that provoked it. Therefore, you first need to find the reason for the presence of pregnant phosphate in the urine, and only then talk about this or that treatment.

Phosphates in urine can be a consequence of eating disorders. For example, if a person abuses green vegetables or just greens. In this case, the phosphaturia will be temporary. When restoring the diet, it passes. In this case, the function of the kidneys practically does not suffer. Most often, the syndrome of temporal phosphaturia is observed in vegetarians or in mono-diets.

Phosphates in urine: treatment

At its core, the presence of phosphate in the urine is not a disease, but a syndrome, so the main treatment is to eliminate the cause of the disease. If this is an innate pathology, then it is necessary to compensate this condition with a diet. Patients are also assigned physiotherapy, symptomatic and restorative therapy.

You need to control your diet of drunk fluids. Patients with phosphaturia should know that it is necessary to drink 1.5-2 liters of ordinary water per day.

The greatest danger of the presence of phosphate in the urine is the formation of kidney stones. Due to this, patients can have urolithiasis, which is much more dangerous than phosphaturia.