Frothy urine is caused by bile salts, as anybody who has worked on horse urine
will know (and no, you can't use this test to predict how fast the horse will
run)
So Paracelsus was right...sort of.
Nick Miller,
London
Quoting "gordon.challand" <[log in to unmask]>:
> It's Friday again...Dear Suzanne
> Paracelsus said 'a foaming urine indicates kidney disease'. Much earlier, the
> Chinese beat a urine sample with a bamboo stick to see if they could elicit a
> lasting froth. Hope they didn't use Craig Webster's urine as a negative
> control!
> Gordon Challand
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fuggle.Suzanne
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 3:27 PM
> Subject: Re: It's Friday again...
>
>
> I thought that frothy urine could be due to protein. However, the boss
> seems to think that this is an "old wives tail ".
>
> Perhaps it's because it's the old wives that have just changed the loo
> cleaner!!!
>
>
>
> Sue
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hallworth Mike (RLZ) [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 03 February 2006 15:18
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: It's Friday again...
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>
>
> I have just got back from two days away to find a urine sample on a 51 year
> old man who is concerned that his urine foams excessively. (I am not kidding.
> I wish I was.) The GP wonders if we can see if there are soaps present in the
> urine (why there might be soaps in the urine is, frankly, not clear to me).
> Does this make any sense? Can anyone look for them?
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Mike
>
>
>
> (Someone has also just appeared at the door with a bucket of HIV positive
> poo and said "What shall I do with this"?
> I love this job.)
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