Cloudy urine in men

Perhaps many men will find that their urine is turbid. Normal urine is transparent or light yellow, but if urine is turbid, it is likely caused by the accumulation of uric acid, carbonate and phosphate, or some other urinary system diseases. Men need to pay special attention to this situation. Let's take a detailed look at what causes turbid urine in men.

1. Clear when first discharged, turbid after being left

Normal urine is clear and transparent when fresh, with a light yellow or colorless color. However, after the urine is left for a short period of time, various salts in the urine (such as uric acid salts, phosphates, carbonates, etc.) will crystallize out, making the lower part of the urine cloudy white. This is caused by the concentration of urine, which is a physiological phenomenon rather than a pathological condition. However, when a large amount of sediment appears or the turbidity is very serious, you should go to the hospital for examination.

The urine that is just discharged is clear. After it stays for a while, you will find some tiny dark brown sand particles settled at the bottom of the urine. Some people vividly call them fish roe (egg)-like small sand particles. These are uric acid crystals, which are often formed when a large amount of uric acid is excreted in the urine of gout patients and crystals are precipitated.

2. It is turbid when discharged

Chylous urine: Urine is milky white like milk, sometimes with small jelly-like clots. This is more common in lymphatic system diseases.

Purulent urine: When the urine is mixed with a large number of white blood cells and inflammatory tissue fragments, the entire urine is dirty white and turbid. This is mostly caused by bacterial infection, often accompanied by more obvious symptoms such as frequent urination, urgency and pain during urination.

Hematuria: When there are a large number of red blood cells in the urine, the urine will be light red, and in severe cases it will be red. This is gross hematuria. When the red blood cells rupture, the urine will appear the color of pork washing water, which is hemoglobinuria. The appearance of gross hematuria and hemoglobinuria indicates that the kidneys and other organs of the urinary system are diseased.

In addition, when a large number of casts and mucus threads appear in the urine, the urine will become turbid when it is excreted.