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What The Urine Color States About Your Health by justino57(m): 11:52am On Sep 27, 2016
1. Transparent.

Appears like: Water.

Colorless urine may show over-hydration. While not as hazardous as dehydration, over-hydration can water down essential salts, such as electrolytes, creating a troublesome chemical imbalance in the blood.

2. Light yellow urine color.

Looks like: Pale straw color.

This is normal and says you’re well hydrated. Keep up the great work.

3. Cloudy.

Appears like: An unclean martini.

If your urine color has a dirty martini seek to it, you might have a bladder infection. The cloudiness originates from mucus, tissues and proteins that are breaking down and coalescing.

4. Medium yellow urine color.

Looks like: Lemonade.

You might be dehydrated. Time to drink some water.

5. Dark yellow.

Appears like: Apple juice.

Seriously, drink something, would you? Likewise, if you went heavy on B vitamins, that might be contributing.

6. Orange.

Appears like: Tang.

OK, now you’re truly dehydrated and need water, stat. Orange-hued urine color could also indicate the presence of bilirubin, a yellow-colored by-product of the natural breakdown of old red blood cells, warns Jill Buckley, M.D., likewise from UCSD. This could be due to a gallstone obstructing the bile duct, which drains pipes bilirubin, or to liver disease. Some medications for urinary tract infections can give your pee a vibrant Tang-ling tinge.

7. Pink.

Appears like: White Zinfandel.

Did you eat a great deal of beets last night? Because that might do it. But it might also be blood. “Simply a drop of blood in urine turns it pink,” says Sur. While a general practitioner might wave that off as no big deal, Sur says that any blood in the urine requires a see to the urologist, as it might be due to infection, or an early indication of bladder cancer. (It most likely isn’t really cancer, however better safe than sorry.).



8. Darker pink.

Looks like: Cabernet.

This might indicate that there’s more than a little bit of blood in your urine, which might signify a potential bladder infection or cancer. Kidney stones, which about 10 percent of the United States population gets, can also trigger blood in the urine, as can less common bladder stones.

9. Dark pink.

Looks like: Red wine.

OK, that’s a great deal of blood. And what’s more worrying is that it might be old blood, which turns dark as it embolisms and breaks down. “The existence of old blood is really worrisome because it suggests a substantial amount of blood,” Sur warns. It likewise could mean that whatever’s causing the bleeding has actually been around for a while. He constantly errs on the side of care: If there’s a great deal of (possibly old) blood, “I want to put a scope inside. As far as I’m worried, it’s cancer up until tested otherwise.”.

10. Brown.

Looks like: Coke.

Particular drugs, such as the anti-malarial chloroquine and an antibiotic called metronidazole, can offer urine color of a cola-like color. So can bingeing on fava beans or rhubarb, according to the Mayo Clinic. That flat Coke appearance might also be triggered by some liver and kidney disorders, or from exercising method too hard. Your muscles utilize myoglobin to catch oxygen for energy. If you exaggerate it at the fitness center and trigger considerable muscle damage, the myoglobin can seep out into your blood stream and make its way into your urine, causing it to turn dark brown. Absolutely see a physician for a myoglobin urine test; too much myoglobin in the blood can overwhelm your kidneys and lead to kidney failure.

11. Blue/Green.

Looks like: A Jell-O shot.

It’s possible that eating a lots of food tinted with synthetic dyes can paint your pee in carnival colors. Most likely, it’s a negative effects of medication such as Uribel, which is utilized to treat UTIs. The effect comes thanks to the component methylene blue. It’s nothing to stress over. Keep taking your pills with great deals of water, and take pleasure in the weirdness.
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Re: What The Urine Color States About Your Health by justino57(m): 11:55am On Sep 27, 2016
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Re: What The Urine Color States About Your Health by Geestarry(f): 11:55am On Sep 27, 2016
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Re: What The Urine Color States About Your Health by ajasbaba(m): 12:12pm On Sep 27, 2016
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Re: What The Urine Color States About Your Health by Teniolasmart: 12:17pm On Sep 27, 2016
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Re: What The Urine Color States About Your Health by nwasinachi(f): 12:24pm On Sep 27, 2016
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Re: What The Urine Color States About Your Health by celestialAgent(m): 4:03pm On Sep 27, 2016
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