Why does a child’s urine become turbid?

Urine is a waste product produced by the body's metabolism. It has the highest liquid content, followed by various metabolic products. It cannot be stored in the body for a long time and must be excreted in a timely manner. The state of urine is generally yellow and transparent. If there is any disease in the body, the state of urine will change. For example, why does a child have turbid urine? Let’s take a look at the explanation below.

1. Urine is a liquid metabolic product that is filtered out of the body by the kidneys. Normal urine contains various inorganic salts, among which phosphates, oxalates and carbonates account for a larger proportion. Usually these salts can be dissolved in urine, so the urine we see with the naked eye is clear and transparent. However, if for some reason, for example, when the amount of water entering the human body is reduced, it is easy to cause the urine to concentrate and become turbid. In addition, when the external environment temperature is significantly lower than body temperature, the salts in the urine will become insoluble and even precipitate, and the urine may also appear turbid.

2. Children have a high metabolism, so their kidneys excrete more waste. Especially when they eat foods that contain more oxalates and carbonates, such as green leafy vegetables like spinach and amaranth, or fruits like bananas, oranges, and persimmons, the salt content in their urine increases accordingly.

3. In addition, young children are very active and sweat a lot. Especially when they do not drink enough water and their urine volume is reduced, salts are more likely to concentrate and precipitate, making the urine turbid.

How to deal with children's urine like millet porridge

1. Generally speaking, this turbid urine caused by the precipitation of crystallized salt has no effect on the health of children. As long as you pay attention to drinking more water, maintaining sufficient urine volume, appropriately adjusting the diet structure and keeping warm properly, the rice-washing water-like urine will naturally disappear after a few days.

2. However, if the child has other abnormal symptoms besides turbid urine, such as poor spirits, poor appetite, nausea, vomiting, frequent urination, urgency, pain when urinating, or even fever, abnormal urine test, etc., you should consider whether there is a problem of chyluria or urinary tract infection.

3. It is recommended to let the baby drink more boiled water, so that the urine can be clarified. If there is no major change and it remains the same as before, it is recommended to take the baby's urine to the hospital for a routine urine test to see if there is any abnormality.