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For years, doctors use urine to check their patient's health.
Why?
Because the quality of your pee changes based on your lifestyle. That being said, your urine can tell a lot about your health.
So, do you look at your pee whenever you go to the loo? What color is it? Red, orange, brown, colorless? Find out why your urine color changes and what causes it.
This is not the colorless type of urine. It's like milky white in color (to be particular)
Red Urine
Here's also a urine color chart from clevelandclinic.org to better understand your pee.
credits to Dr. Diana Sarmiento (the blogging Doc) for these helpful info.
Why?
Because the quality of your pee changes based on your lifestyle. That being said, your urine can tell a lot about your health.
So, do you look at your pee whenever you go to the loo? What color is it? Red, orange, brown, colorless? Find out why your urine color changes and what causes it.
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Green/Blue Urine
- Biliverdin (liver disease)
- Blue diaper syndrome or Hartnup disease (defect in tryptophan absorption)
- Herbicide ingestion
- Pseudomonas UTI (antibiotic resistant UTI)
Orange Urine
- Urinary Tract Infaction (UTI)
- Dehydration
- Insufficient fluid intake
White Urine
This is not the colorless type of urine. It's like milky white in color (to be particular)
- Chyluria (leakage of lymphatic fluid in urine)
- Filariasis (roundworm infestation)
- Lymphatic fistula (abnormal connection between urinary tract and lymphatics)
- Schistosomiasis (parasitic infection with liver fluke)
- Lipiduria (presence of fat cells in urine due to nephrotic syndrome)
- Propofol infusion (injection with the anesthetic Propofol)
- Proteinuria (excessive protein in urine in kidney disease)
- Pyuria (pus cells in urine)
- Urinary tuberculosis (TB of the urinary tract)
- Hypercalciuria (elevated calcium in urine)
- Hyperoxaluria (excess oxalate, a component of kidney stones)
- Phosphaturia (phosphate in urine, a component of bone and teeth)
Brown Urine
- Acetaminophen overdose (pain reliever)
- Metronidazole (antibiotic for vaginal infections and amoebiasis)
- Niridazole (treatment against flatworms)
- Nitrofurantoin (treatment for urinary tract infection)
- Foods like rhubarb and fava beans can lead to brown urine as well
Black Urine
- Methyldopa (antihypertensive)
- Cresol (food additive in ketchup, cheese, bacon, smoked foods)
- Iron (included in multivitamins)
- Laxative (stool softener)
- L-dopa (anti-Parkinson's drug)
- Methocarbamol (muscle relaxant)
- Sorbitol (sugar alcohol found in apples, pears, peaches, prunes)
Red Urine
- Hemolytic anemia (anemia due to destruction of red blood cells)
- G6PD deficiency (lacks the enzyme for red cell metabolism)
- Sickle cell anemia (abnormally shaped red cells)
- Thalassemia (deficiency of one component of red cells)
- Thrombocytopenic purpura (bleeding disorder with bruising and blood spots)
- Transfusion reaction
- Nephrolithiasis (kidney stones)
- Nutcracker syndrome (compression of left renal vein)
- Porphyria (enzyme abnormalities in blood production)
- Foods like carrots, beets and blackberries
Here's also a urine color chart from clevelandclinic.org to better understand your pee.
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| via clevelandclinic |
credits to Dr. Diana Sarmiento (the blogging Doc) for these helpful info.