Is anyone on Fluther a Urology nurse or has experience in this field?

You need to have a couple different tests run. See your doctor. You may need to get a 24 hour sample, as well as using the filter to have the sediment tested. Lots of different things can cause sediment and it may not be dietary. It could be pieces of calcification from stones.

@Trillian What sort of tests are you referring to? It’s definitely not calcification.

A simple urinalysis test can tell a lot about your condition which include pH of the urine. A high pH (alkaline) can cause various different types of crystals to form in your kidneys and cause the sediment that you experience. A change in diet, your health, medications and or vitamins could cause your urine pH to go up and cause your noticeable urine sediment. Of course a full urinalysis will tell your doctor much more information about your condition than the pH alone. Analysis of your urine sediment (crystals) can also be helpful.

About 35 years ago I started taking large amounts of vitamins and not enough water. After about 6 months three kidney stones had formed in my kidneys. A urologist told me to stop the vitamins, eat a “normal diet” and drink lots of water. For a while I peed a lot of what looked like sand and then I passed the stones the biggest of which sent me to the hospital. The biggest stone sat in my bladder for a couple of months and then I just peed it out with no pain. Since then I have had no stone formation with mostly healthy looking urine.

Perhaps something as simple as drinking adequate water and or changing your diet might solve your problem.

Good health!

I have kidney disease, and get sediment in my urine because of it (protein loss), and occasionally red blood cell casts(?), too . Your doctor will need to do at least a simple urine test first, to see what all is in there. From there, they’ll have at least some idea of what other tests may need to be run. The 24 hour test @Trillian refers to is where you collect every drop of pee for 24 hours in a jug you keep in the fridge. Then the lab tests it for total protein and creatinine clearance, and you will get a blood test at that time, too.