Air in urine male

Medical condition

Pneumaturia is the passage of gas or "air" in urine.

Normal bubbles in urine pictures

This may be seen or described as "bubbles in the urine".

Causes

A common cause of pneumaturia is colovesical fistula (communication between the colon and bladder). These may occur as a complication of diverticular disease.

Pneumaturia can also happen if a urinary catheter was recently in the bladder.^{[citation needed]}

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Male scuba divers utilizing condom catheters or female divers using a She-p external catching device for their dry suits are also susceptible to pneumaturia.^[1]

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is made by patient history of passing air or a sputtering urine stream.

CT scans may show air in the urinary bladder or bladder walls.^{[citation needed]}

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