Urine is one of the biological fluids of a person, which characterizes the state of the excretory system of the body. There are several types of urine tests that characterize the state of the excretory system at different levels.
Normally, the urine should be light straw in color, transparent, without impurities. There should be no red blood cells in the urine, and the presence of white blood cells is allowed up to 5-6. Protein also normally should not be in the sediment, the glucose test should normally be negative. Sometimes mucus may be present in the urine - this may be the result of poor hygiene of the genitals or a sign of illness.
Phosphates in the urine should normally be absent. Their presence indicates a violation of the kidneys. The presence of calcium and magnesium phosphate in the urine can be proved by heating the urine and adding acetic acid to it. If at the same time the liquid becomes cloudy, but bubbles do not form, then there are phosphates in the urine.
According to statistics, phosphates in urine are most often found in women, while the reaction of urine changes to a more alkaline one. With an increase in the function of the parathyroid glands, phosphates accumulate in the renal parenchyma, which then enter the urine and are excreted.
Phosphaturia can be a congenital disease that is diagnosed in newborns. It should be noted that the congenital form of this disease is much harder than the acquired one.
Phosphates in the urine may be present as a result of an infectious process in the kidneys, then it will be called false, true phosphaturia is observed with parathyroid disease. At the moment, false phosphaturia is much more common than true, and as a rule, it proceeds more favorably.
Phosphates in the urine during pregnancy are a fairly common variant of a violation of the norm. In this case, the urine of pregnant women becomes cloudy, the number of leukocytes increases, red blood cells and an admixture of pus may appear. With a normal pregnancy, the amount of salt decreases, because most of these compounds are used to build bone structures of the fetus. If phosphates are present in the urine of a pregnant woman, this means that the woman has disorders in the renal system.
At the same time, there is a high risk of the formation of small kidney stones, which is very dangerous during pregnancy. Phosphaturia itself during pregnancy is not as dangerous as the disease or condition that triggered it. Therefore, initially you need to find the reason for the presence of phosphate in the urine of a pregnant woman, and only after that talk about a particular treatment.
Phosphates in urine may be due to eating disorders. For example, if a person abuses green vegetables or just greens. In this case, phosphaturia will be temporary. When restoring the diet, it passes. In this case , kidney function is practically not affected. Most often, temporary phosphaturia syndrome is observed in vegetarians or with mono-diet.
Phosphates in the urine: treatment
At its core, the presence of phosphates in the urine is not a disease, but a syndrome, and therefore the main treatment is to eliminate the cause of the disease. If this is a congenital pathology, then it is necessary to compensate for this condition by diet. Also, patients are prescribed physiotherapy, symptomatic and restorative therapy.
You need to control your diet of drunk fluid. Patients with phosphaturia should know that it is necessary to drink 1.5-2 liters of ordinary water per day.
The biggest risk of phosphate in the urine is the formation of kidney stones. Due to this, patients may experience urolithiasis, which is much more dangerous than phosphaturia.