When
you pee in the toilet you usually expect to see some
sort yellow clear color to your urine, what you would
consider to be normal urine. When your urine is cloudy,
however, it can be a little alarming.
If your urine color is cloudy or looks like milky urine, it could be nothing... or it could be a sign of a serious illness. Keep in mind that cloudy urine is a symptom and not an illness by itself. We've listed some of the causes of the cloudy urine symptom below. While the list does not cover all causes, it should give you a good idea of some of the possible causes of cloudy urine.
Some possible causes of cloudy urine are:
-
Foods you have eaten can cause a change in the consistency
and color of your urine, although they are not the usual cause of cloudy
urine.
- Blood in your urine may cause the urine to be cloudy, however, the urine will usually also be tinged red, or brown.
- A urinary tract infection can cause cloudy urine. The urinary tract infection may be accompanied with burning or painful urination.
- A bladder infection, also known as Cystitis, may cause cloudy urine. Cystitis is an inflamation of the bladder. The bladder infection may also be accompanied by painful urination, difficulty in urination and frequent urination.
- Kidney stones may cause cloudy urine. If you have kidney stones, the pain of the stones may lead you to see a doctor more quickly than the cloudy urine. Kidney stones are not fun, in fact, some people have described passing a kidney stone as the worst pain they've ever experienced.
- Gonorrhea may cause cloudy urine, but this is more likely a vaginal discharge that creates the appearance of cloudy urine. Keep in mind that Gonorrhea is a curable sexually transmitted disease.
- And one more cause of cloudy urine can be when ejaculate is mixed with the urine. It's not usually a case of semen leaking into urine, but rather semen remains in the urinary tract and is expelled at the next urination. Semen is cloudy, so as it mixes with urine, you'll notice a cloudy color to the urine. Semen in you urine should not be a common occurrence, so you may see it once in a while, but not every time you urinate.
There are more possible causes of cloudy urine, but at this point, unless you're sure it's food you've eaten or ejactulate mixed in your urine, you probably just need to go and see the doctor and stop trying to diagnose yourself. Obviously, most of the above mentioned causes of cloudy urine are serious, and if you have any of these symptoms, such as cloudy urine accompanied by pain or blood, you should see a doctor immediately.