Urine is a liquid that the body secretes and with it removes internal products. metabolic processes etc. These products are the sources of the color of urine. Such as urobilin, urochrome, uroroserin, uroerythrin color the liquid in various shades yellow color. Under normal conditions, the color of urine should not fall outside the yellow range., but sometimes exceptions to the rules arise. Vitamins and their absorption by the body can saturate urine with bright green tint etc.
- directly from the quality of metabolism and the amount of fluid that is excreted from the body;
- age also has an impact on this issue. In children, the color of urine is always weaker than in adults: in newborns, the urine is almost transparent, in infants it is light yellow. But sometimes there may be a slight reddish tint due to increased uric acid levels;
- finally, it depends on what products or drugs are used. It is quite common for urine to change color during illness and drug treatment.
But it is also worth noting the fact that a change in the color of urine is most often evidence pathological changes and diseases.
Golden yellow urine is normal
Why does my urine appear orange?
Urine is orange or reddish in color if the following conditions are present:
- a large amount of pigment that creates yellow urine: urochrome, urobilinogen, etc.;
- food consumption with high content The dye, by the way, is not necessarily yellow. Any dye can produce an orange color when broken down;
- diseases of the urinary ducts and taking medications.
All people produce rich red urine in the morning, especially if the bladder was not emptied before bed. In this case, the reason lies in hormonal conditions.
Another cause of urine orange color is dehydration of the body. Dehydration, that is, a deficiency of metabolic water, can be caused by intense physical activity, prolonged lack of moisture intake, heat, etc. Increased concentration of urine occurs due to the fact that the kidneys are trying to compensate for the lack of moisture.
Abnormal shades of urine
Urine color is red
Absolutely any person will be surprised and even frightened if the urine takes on a red tint, especially if the color is rich. Usually, similar phenomenon- a sign of a disease in which blood or hemoglobin gets into the urine. Such diseases include:
- glomerulonephritis;
- the appearance of kidney stones;
- oncology Bladder or kidneys;
- hemoglobinuria;
- hemophilia;
- bruises of the lower back or genitals.
Glomerulonephritis may be an independent disease or one of the complications caused by lupus erythematosus. In the acute form, vascular permeability occurs to a large extent, which results in deterioration of filtration and the entry of red blood cells into the urine. In this case, the urine can have both a red color and the color of raw meat.
One of the manifestations urolithiasis- formation of stones in the kidneys. Very often, through the blood supply they can enter the bladder or ureter. If concretions (stones) have a sharp surface, it will injure the mucous membrane, and blood particles will get into the urine. Often the appearance of symptoms of rapid renal colic.
Bladder cancer for a significant period of time it may not cause any symptoms at all. When the upper films of the tumor decompose, blood can enter the urine. The symptoms that accompany this case are fever, weight loss and difficulty urinating.
Important:If you notice your urine is red, it is better to see a therapist as soon as possible, who will prescribe additional examinations and tests.
Dark colored urine
As a rule, the lightness or darkness of the color is affected by the amount of liquid consumed: the more, the more light color. In addition, dark color can be caused by exposure to toxins and the cause of certain diseases.
Diseases and conditions causing dark urine:
- an increase in the number of urochromats, which give a dark color as a result of dehydration;
- consumption of pharmacological drugs such as quinine, rifampicin, nitrofurantoin and metronidazole;
- additional or increased intake of vitamins C and B;
- cholelithiasis complicated by hepatitis;
- excess normal amount red blood cells;
- mercury vapor poisoning;
- tyrosinemia;
- urinary tract infection;
- urinary cavity cancer;
- stones in the gallbladder;
- kidney disease, including kidney stones and cancer;
- hemochromatosis caused by excess iron;
- liver and pancreas cancer;
- vasculitis;
- alcoholic and viral hepatitis;
- glomerulonephritis;
- bile duct cancer;
- Goodpasture's syndrome;
- dietary factors;
- schistosomiasis.
In addition, black urine color can occur with mechanical damage to the liver.
Cloudiness in dark urine
If the dark color of the urine is accompanied by the presence of turbidity, then this most likely indicates a kidney stone. If there is such a symptom, then you need to contact a nephrologist as soon as possible. If the sharp change in urine color was short-term, then this fact should not be a cause for concern. But a preventive urine test in a clinic will not be superfluous.
The main thing is to ensure that the color change is not accompanied by the following processes:
- constant desire to “go small”;
- heat, fever, excessive sweating;
- pain in the lower abdomen;
- urine has Strong smell acetone.
If there is at least one similar sign, then you should not self-medicate and wait until the symptoms go away on their own. Timely initiation of therapy will make it possible to identify possible preconditions and begin measures to effectively eliminate them.
Dark urine during pregnancy
Pregnant girls should not immediately panic if the color of their urine becomes dark. During pregnancy, even the most harmless factor can lead to this effect. Very often, dark urine in pregnant women is noticed after sleep, when the morning emptying of the bladder occurs. The color change in this case occurs with increasing concentration. The following urinations reduce the concentration and, as a rule, the urine becomes significantly lighter. If the urine does not change color to a lighter color, it is better to consult a health visitor.
Brown urine
Brown urine may appear as a result of drinking large quantity beans or rhubarb. The same effect can be caused by the use of most anti-malaria drugs, as well as inflammatory processes in the urinary tract. Sulfur or cascara, which are contained in antibiotics or laxatives, give a stable brown color to urine.
Rich brown color of urine can occur with diseases that are associated with liver damage: cirrhosis or hepatitis, and it also indicates malfunction kidneys that cannot cope with the removal of toxins.
Pink urine
Urine saturation pink at healthy person may occur when consuming the following foods:
- Red beetroot,
- black currant (if there is an acidic urine reaction),
- rhubarb (alkaline reaction),
- carrots in very large quantities,
- blackberry,
- cherry,
- products with added red food coloring (lemonade, candies, etc.).
In addition, urine may turn pink after consuming pharmacological drugs, which include:
- aspirin acid;
- ibuprofen;
- purgen or phenolphthalein agents;
- aminophenazone;
- rifampicin, etc.
Pathologies of the urinary tract, which are characterized by the appearance of pink urine:
- cystitis;
- glomerulonephritis;
- vasculitis with kidney damage;
- urolithiasis disease;
- oncological diseases of the bladder, ureters, kidneys;
The pink tint of urine is caused by a small amount of blood, similar to the red color. Saturation depends on the amount of blood that is present in the urine. Cystitis - the reason that women twitch is very common. The hemorrhagic form of the disease, in addition to the pink color of the urine, is accompanied by a strong increase in temperature and pain in the kidneys and lower abdomen. In addition to blood, there may be clots of mucus, pus, or films in the urine.
Pyelonephritis is a disease in which inflammation of the urinary canal occurs, vascular permeability increases, and blood cells enter the urine. Pink color urine accompanied usual symptoms toxic damage: general inflammation of the mucous membranes, headaches, fever, etc. The disease is also diagnosed high blood pressure, resulting in swelling.
Important: If there are any signs of inflammatory processes, then it is advisable to consult a doctor who will identify all the causes of the disease and methods of combating them. Self-medication in this case can lead to serious complications and longer treatment.
Foods that turn urine pink
Blue color of urine
A greenish or blue tint to urine is a very interesting and rare case. The appearance of this color is mainly associated not with damage to the genital or urinary organs, but with the presence of infections or internal metabolism. A striking example there may be a violation of tryptophan metabolic processes or the presence of pseudomonas infection. Tryptophan is an amino acid compound that is present in large quantities in salmon, tuna, chicken breast, turkey, shrimp, beef. Urine is bluish in color - rare pathology, but it should not cause concern; as a rule, this phenomenon goes away on its own.
Other reasons include:
- Contrast agents used to detect kidney stones may turn the urine blue or light blue. Additionally, consuming food coloring will produce the same result.
- The use of tetracycline antibiotics can cause a similar reaction in diabetics.
- Pseudomonas disease (Pseudomonas - lat.)
If there is a change in the color of urine, then to determine the cause, it is first necessary to exclude all possible external and physiological prerequisites. To more accurately determine the causes, urine analysis will be required in a clinical setting using specific chemicals. The cumulative study will allow us to draw conclusions with great confidence about a person’s health based on the color of urine.
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Video about urine analysis and color with Elena Malysheva
Often patients notice that their urine is dark and start to panic because of this. But darkening of the liquid is not always a sign of pathology. A healthy person produces light, yellowish color liquid without unpleasant odors. If your urine has become dark in color, you should consult a doctor who will determine the cause of such changes. Dark urine in the morning is normal because the person did not go to the toilet at night and no other liquid entered the body. Usually the second act of urination is characterized by lighter urine. The color of the discharge is changed by many factors, because blood, mucous and purulent impurities are released in the urine. Thus, patients have black urine, grayish or burgundy shade or brown liquid. If dark-colored urine is accompanied by other signs (pain in the abdomen or lower back, weakness, headache, pain in the side or a temperature issue), then the patient needs to be examined by a doctor.
Physiological causes of darkening of fluid
If the patient’s urine turns dark, there is no need to panic, because darkened discharge is observed not only with the development of illnesses. Natural causes of dark urine include drinking small amounts of liquid and eating foods that make urine cloudy. Urine changes color after exercise or sex, when the body has received physical stress.
The appearance of dark morning urine is the norm for any person, because after sleep, urine is highly concentrated. Also, the color changes due to the consumption of a small amount of liquid per day or as a result of increased sweating, which occurs on hot days or during physical exertion. This phenomenon indicates an increased level of urochrome. What foods cause urine to turn dark? Strong tea and coffee, legumes, beets, beef, carrots, rhubarb, blueberries, etc. have a coloring effect.
What are the pathological causes?
Dark-colored urine may be a symptom of damage to the urinary system. What diseases cause dark urine when urinating? The reasons are divided into 2 groups. The first group includes ailments that change the color of urine, which affect the organs of the urinary system (kidneys, urethra, bladder). Such diseases include pyelonephritis, urolithiasis, cystitis, malignant neoplasms or nephritis. The second group is general disorders of the body's metabolic processes (the appearance of jaundice, hyperlipidemia or hemolysis), which affects urine analysis.
What does the shade indicate?
A distinctive feature is the urinary tint. If the urine acquires a dark brown color, this indicates liver damage or ailments of the gallbladder, as a result of which bilirubin and biliverdin are removed from the kidneys (for example, cholestasis develops), and with urolithiasis, the outflow of bile is complicated. When the liquid has darkened to dark yellow tint, then the patient’s disease progresses, affecting the urinary tract. In addition, in the secretions they find high level salts, urates, etc. There may also be gray urine, indicating the presence of purulent discharge.
If the urine is dark in color, then the cause of this may be the development of cirrhosis, and dark urine also appears due to hepatitis C or kidney diseases, due to which the process of removing excess waste is disrupted. In addition, with pathology, the patient develops such signs as increased level sweating, nausea, increased protein in urine, vomiting and painful sensations, the patient has a fluid with an odor and the temperature rises. It is important that when changes are detected, the exact factor due to which the urine darkens is established. In particular, this applies to cases where a person is worried about fever and sharp pains in the lower abdomen, which may result in pain in the left side or right side, headaches and weakness, and diarrhea.
Causes of dark discharge in men
In men, the cause of brown urine may be inflammatory processes in the genitourinary system. Discharge in an adult man can change color due to ailments of the vas deferens, prostate, testicles and other genital organs. This is due to the fact that urine, seminal discharge, and prostate secretions pass through the urethra. The appearance of a rusty tint means that blood has stagnated in the prostate gland, which manifests itself in a man with prostatitis. If a brick color is detected, a scrotal injury or the presence of inflammatory processes in the epididymis can be detected.
What causes dark discharge in women?
Dark-colored urine in women may be a sign of inflammatory processes appearing in the patient’s body. These include malignant neoplasms in the pancreas and liver, kidney diseases, injuries various kinds, the development of vasculitis, jaundice or hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, as well as a symptom manifested in pancreatitis. If the patient's urine appears dark in color, then an infection may have entered the urinary canals or the patient may have high levels of bilirubin.
Dark urine in women occurs when following a certain dietary menu or when using products that have coloring effect(tea or coffee drink, beets, etc.). Darkening of urine can be a symptom of pregnancy, which appears due to hormonal changes in the patient, or appears after childbirth. Dirty and smelly fluid is released during sexually transmitted diseases, cervical cancer and disintegrating uterine fibroids.
Symptoms of dark urine
The discharge of very dark, almost black, urine is observed in acute renal failure. A healthy person secretes a light yellow liquid that has no odors or impurities. But they highlight different reasons dark urine, and the type of disease that develops depends on the shade. Changes in the color of urine are sometimes associated with a person’s age, because after 50 years, damage to the genitourinary system occurs in both men and women. Moreover, each syndrome is characterized by urine of a certain color.
- If the color of the urine has changed to dark yellow, while the liquid is cloudy and of high concentration, then the patient has experienced dehydration, resulting in nausea, vomiting and loose, light-colored stools.
- Brown discharge indicates hemolytic anemia.
- Black urine is a sign of melanosarcoma, alkaptonuria, and acute hemolytic kidney is also diagnosed.
- Red, almost burgundy thick urine with blood indicates tumors, cystitis and urolithiasis.
- Glomerulonephritis is the reason why the color of meat slop appears.
- A greenish-brown tint (beer-colored urine) means that the patient is developing parenchymal jaundice.
- In the presence of gray shade, which is almost white and discolored, indicates the presence of fat or purulent discharge in the discharge, and the urine smells unpleasant.
Abnormalities in the color of urine do not always indicate problems in the body. But if natural causes for such an incident does not exist, then the changes can be attributed to a sign of some disease.
In general, color index is a characteristic that is paid attention to in laboratory studies. Urochrome is a pigment that gives urine a yellowish tint. It may vary from a light yellow tone to and this is normal. In this case, the urine should not have foreign impurities and be cloudy.
What changes color
It may depend on the coloring pigments contained in our food (legumes, beets, carrot juice, brightly colored berries), and, of course, on some components of medications.
If it is colored wrong colors, for example green, pink, orange or blue, this does not always indicate a disease. Such changes can be caused by medications or laxatives taken by the patient. If you pay attention to the instructions for medications, there is always a warning about this effect. After stopping the medication, the color quickly returns to normal.
Dark urine: causes
Brown urine is actually quite common. In order to correctly identify the cause, you will need to more accurately determine its shade. Urine may be light brown, slightly cloudy, dirty-cloudy, dark in color, the color of beer or tea.
Dark urine: natural causes
— Eating black tea, legumes, rhubarb, aloe.
- Treatment with laxatives, as well as medications “Rifampicin”, “Metronidazole”, “Nitrofuran”. These medications turn urine dark brown.
- Light brown color may occur due to dehydration. The person is constantly thirsty and rarely goes to the toilet to urinate. Here you need to monitor your bladder.
Dark urine, pathological causes
- Problems with liver function. The color of urine in hepatitis and cirrhosis changes under the influence of dark pigments such as bilirubin and biliverdin. It takes on a dark beer hue. Another is the appearance of yellow foam when shaking urine.
- Problems with kidney function. Dark urine, the causes of which lie in urolithiasis, may appear due to the ingress of blood particles into it. Tumors and inflammatory processes of the genitourinary system (polycystic kidney disease) can give it purulent-brown dark shades.
- Infections. Brown urine mixed with blood can be observed in diseases such as urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis and others.
Additional symptoms
The following symptoms are alarming and require consultation with a specialist:
- Temperature fluctuations for several days, fever.
- Increased urge to urinate.
- It is painful or difficult to urinate.
- Bad and harsh
- Nausea or vomiting.
- Pain in the abdomen.
Such symptoms and dark urine, the analysis of which will help identify the cause of the condition, become a reason to visit a therapist, urologist or nephrologist.
Traditionally, dark urine is released in the morning, and this is considered normal. The color of urine directly depends on the substances in its composition, and the shade changes as a result of the accumulation of pigment. If you don't go to the toilet at night, your morning urine will be bright, but if you drink a lot of liquid, it becomes very light. Concentrated and acidic urine is released in small volumes and has high density. What else does the change in color of biomaterial depend on in women, men, children and pregnant women?
Some patients are alarmed by the dark color of urine, while others take it calmly. How to properly respond to changes occurring in the body? Firstly, it is logical to exclude the influence of non-pathogenic factors. They are most often the main reason for changes in the color of urine.
This category includes:- Drinks are native dark color are capable of instantly coloring light yellow urine into deep yellow or brown tone.
- Dehydration occurs in conditions of excessive physical activity, after training, long stay in a dry, hot place. In addition, patients who adhere to a coffee and chocolate diet consume a small amount of liquid.
- Foods including beets, red meat (beef, veal), legumes, blackberries, rhubarb and other foods used as natural dye.
- Medicines actively provoke biomaterial to change color palette, it becomes the color of dark beer. Anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antimalarial medications, as well as vitamins C and group B, laxatives based on cascara and senna leaf, herbal products, and diagnostic dyes can provoke a sharp change.
- Toxicosis in a woman leads to a decrease in the amount of water and other drinks consumed.
If any of the above factors cause your urine to darken, then stop taking it. medicines, modify your diet and, especially in hot weather, increase your consumption of plain water from 8 glasses to 10-12 glasses of 200 ml each.
Regular dark urine in the morning can be a signal of a serious illness, the treatment of which cannot be delayed.
Have you noticed changes in yourself that have no objective explanation? This is a reason to seek advice from specialists. The time saved extends the life cycle, and the diagnostics performed will make it possible to reliably make a diagnosis and prescribe effective rehabilitation therapy.
Examination and treatment is required in cases where dark-colored urine is excreted and is accompanied by the following symptoms:- oppressed general condition;
- painful sensations in the lumbar region, as well as in the abdominal area;
- uncomfortable urination, accompanied by attacks of pain;
- biomaterial with a pungent odor;
- basal body temperature, which deviates from normal indicators up the scale; Sometimes there are fluctuations in the measurement data;
- fruitless frequent urges to empty the bladder.
- For liver diseases. For example, hepatitis, which developed against the background of alcohol or drug poisoning, as well as under the influence viral infection. With this disease, with a hangover, urine becomes dark in color, similar to beer, since bilirubin is excreted through the kidneys, and if the body is working properly, it passes through the intestinal tract. Choleretic disease leads to obstruction of the bile ducts. And cirrhosis of the liver accompanied by jaundice is diagnosed by high rates bilirubin in the blood.
- For functional disorder gastrointestinal tract. Its characteristic manifestation is severe vomiting and diarrhea, and consequently dehydration.
- For hereditary pathologies. Alkaptonuria - with this disease, homogentisic acid is released in the urine, which reacts with air to form black urine. The consequence of this pathology is urolithiasis, decreased performance of the heart muscle and arthritis.
- For diseases of the bladder and renal system. Dark urine in men is a sign of the development of an inflammatory process, which is characteristic of cystitis. Movement of stones urinary tract leads to tissue injury and a small amount of blood entering the biomaterial, so the urine becomes darker. Pyelonephritis is characterized by the penetration of purulent grains into urine.
- With neoplasms, yellow urine changes color. Tumors are diagnosed in the kidneys, in the pancreas, in men in the prostate gland, in the liver, and can also develop in the form of melanoma from birthmarks.
- For other diseases that affect the shades of urine: cholestasis, malaria, burns to varying degrees severity, heart failure.
Pathological changes cannot be delayed and require immediate medical intervention. Your doctor should be your friend during your treatment, which may require hospital observation.
The causes of dark urine in women can come from genitourinary dysfunction. Against the background of the development of a neoplasm in the cervix, venereal diseases, modified uterine fibroids have discharge from the genital organs, and the urine smells unpleasant. Symptomatic manifestation becomes the main signal for urgent medical assistance.
In addition, a man’s urine is dark in color due to pathology of the reproductive system. If a young man finds purulent or mucous discharge in his urine, this means that inflammatory processes are occurring in the prostate, urethra or testicles. Also, pain when urinating as a result of an injury to the scrotum, increased basal temperature require urgent drug treatment.
Dark colored urine in pregnant women is a regular occurrence. What is he talking about? this indicator? A pregnant woman's body is subject to stress. In the first trimester, toxicosis makes itself known. Vomiting leads to dehydration, which puts stress on the kidneys. Changes in the color of the urine of the expectant mother are associated with a varied diet, medication and vitamin-mineral complex.
Prolonged exposure to the sun often causes urine to turn dark yellow. If children's urine turns dark, what does this mean? Most likely, the child consumed little liquid (plain water) during the day or, on the contrary, abused excessive amounts of carbonated water. The natural pigment contained in the berries can also color baby urine.
Among these pathologies, urine color changes only a few shades; in practical diagnostics, black pigment almost never occurs. In any case, if darkening of urine is caused by physiological changes in the body, it is recommended to visit a doctor.
So, if a person has dark urine, the reasons for its occurrence are objective, there are many of them, and they are quite multifaceted. They are necessary in order to reliably make a diagnosis and exclude possible pathology, prescribe adequate restorative and preventive treatment.
Contact angles in the factors influencing the production of pigmented urine also exist in cases where dark urine in women appears as a result of diseases similar to those that cause changes in urine in men.
Drug therapy, if pathogenic microorganisms were found in the urine, it is selected individually, taking into account the patient’s general medical history.
General recommendations look like this:
- When dark urine is released during urination in men, the reasons for the appearance are associated with dehydration, it is necessary to strengthen drinking regime. We do the same when the urine is dark in women and children.
- When a bedridden patient's life support system fails, the urine becomes almost beer-colored. Brown with a hint of red. Such patients do not live long; most die quietly.
- When dark urine is released during urination in women, the reasons for the appearance are related to the development concomitant disease, they and men are selected for appropriate drug rehabilitation therapy after a series of diagnostic studies.
- When there are signs of inflammatory processes in the urine, antibiotics are prescribed for kidney diseases, for example, pyelonephritis, and diuretics are used to relieve excessive swelling.
- If dark urine is a consequence of intoxication after alcohol, then hepatoprotectors (Karsil), enzymes (Creon) are prescribed, and detoxification measures by administering an intravenous solution of glucose and sodium chloride will help to avoid a black tint.
The patient is asked to do laboratory tests, donate blood for biochemistry, determine the presence of antibodies to viral hepatitis, visit the ultrasound room ( ultrasound examination) and look at the kidneys and liver, if necessary, go to a computed tomography scan.
A changed palette in urine, as has already been said many times, is not only a consequence of a lack of fluid in the body, but also the result of a developing disease. So, when you are sick with a hangover, every day the hangover syndrome becomes chronic, from which it becomes more difficult to get out, and black urine is a direct indicator of the development of cirrhosis. Take care of yourself and your loved ones.
Urinalysis is one of the most revealing in medicine. And for good reason - any deviations from the norm may indicate the course of a pathological process.
Even the color and degree of transparency are important. Is it possible to somehow suspect the presence of the disease without tests?
One of the symptoms will be dark urine in a woman, the causes of which can be both harmless and quite serious.
Dark colored urine in women - reasons
Pigments that color it can give color to urine.There are also pigments produced certain authorities human body.
If the functioning of these organs is disrupted, an excess amount of pigments is excreted in the urine and gives it the corresponding color.
Dark urine in women may indicate pathologies in the liver.
Inflammatory processes in the female genital organs can also cause changes in the color of urine.
There is no need to guess why the urine has become dark in color; it is better to do an analysis. It will take very little time and can tell you a lot about your body.
Dark urine during pregnancy
The main urine parameters of a pregnant woman should be the same as those of a healthy woman. But pregnancy still brings its own peculiarities. This period is most often characterized by toxicosis and vomiting, which lead to dehydration.
With dehydration, urine becomes more concentrated and the content of uric salts in it increases. This gives the urine a dark color.
In such a situation, there are no pathological or infectious processes in the body, but the state of dehydration itself can be very dangerous not only for the pregnant woman, but also for the fetus.
Therefore, women in this situation regularly submit their urine for analysis, where the doctor monitors not only its laboratory parameters, but also physical properties– color and transparency.
A feature of pregnancy is also physical compression. internal organs due to an enlarging uterus. The liver is no exception.
When the liver is compressed and the load on it increases due to the metabolism of not only the mother, but also the child, the content of bilirubin in the blood increases - a brown bile pigment. When excreted in urine, it gives it a brown color.
An unfavorable cause of darkening of urine can be the development of gestational inflammation of the kidneys, in which, in addition to dark-colored urine, mucus and pus are found in it.
The main difference between dangerous and safe urine cloudiness is the duration of this symptom. If the clouding is temporary, there is no cause for concern. If the dark color of urine is permanent and does not depend on the time of day, this is a signal for an urgent visit to the doctor.
If you are pregnant and notice any unusual changes in your body, be sure to tell your doctor. Many conditions can be easily corrected in the early stages, but if the process is neglected, it can harm the fetus.
Non-dangerous causes of dark urine
- eating aloe, rhubarb, legumes, beef, black tea;
- taking certain medications (vitamins, anti-tuberculosis, anti-malarial, antibiotics, laxatives);
- higher concentration of morning urine;
- increased physical activity, excessive sweating, or temporary dehydration.
Cloudiness of urine due to these reasons is absolutely understandable to a person and does not raise any doubts in him. To do this, you just need to remember your last meal and read the instructions for the drug you are taking. Dark color urine, which arises from pathological reasons, a person most often cannot connect with any of his actions.
You may have encountered some of the situations listed earlier in your life. For example, many people notice a darkening of the color of their urine in the morning. In such cases, there is no need to worry.
ARVI and urinary tract infections are the most common diseases in children. In this article you will find out why childhood increased risk of developing infectious processes in the genitourinary system.
Pathological causes of cloudy urine
Dark urine, which occurs as a result of any disease, is usually not the only symptom that causes concern. Additionally, lethargy may appear, elevated temperature, yellowness of the skin, additional inclusions in the urine, sharp bad smell, urge to urinate, pain in the abdominal area. Diseases that cause cloudy urine:
- dehydration;
- liver diseases (cirrhosis, cancer, hepatitis);
- cholelithiasis;
- glomerulonephritis;
- kidney tumors;
- pancreatic diseases;
- hemolytic anemia;
- heavy metal poisoning;
- internal organ injuries.
If the darkening of your urine occurred unexpectedly for you and you cannot explain it by your lifestyle, it is better to get tested and see a doctor.
Causes of dark brown urine in women
Features of the structure of the genital organs, namely their close location to the urethra and urinary tract, promotes the penetration of infection from the genitals to the kidneys. Therefore, additional factors that can cause cloudy urine may be women's diseases, For example:
- fibroids, uterine tumors;
- venereal diseases;
- inflammatory processes.
In addition to cloudy urine, women may notice an unpleasant odor or changes in discharge.
Regular examination by a gynecologist is mandatory for every woman. However, even if the cause is gynecological, a urine test will show the course of the inflammatory process.
Learning to read a urine test
When analyzing urine, its physicochemical parameters are diagnosed and the sediment is examined to identify those inclusions that the kidneys filtered and excreted along with the urine.
When studying physicochemical properties, evaluate:
- Transparency. Normally it should be transparent.
- Acidity. The medium must be acidic.
- Specific gravity. The norm is considered to be 1010-1025.
- Color. Shades of yellow are considered the norm.
- Protein. Ideally it should be absent. Maximum permissible value 0.033g/l.
- Glucose. Must be missing. The maximum possible value is 0.8 mmol/l.
- Bilirubin. Content is not allowed.
- Ketone bodies. Must be missing.
- Urobilinogen. 5-10 mg/l is allowed.
- Hemoglobin. Must be missing.
- Epithelial cells. Allowed 0-10.
- Bacteria. Not allowed.
- Red blood cells. 0-1 allowed. (0-3 for women).
- Leukocytes. Allowed 0-3 (0-6 for women).
- Cylinders. Not allowed.
- Salt. Not allowed.
Any deviations from the norm may indicate the presence of pathologies. By which specific indicator exceeds the norm, one can judge the nature and location of the disease. Therefore, urine analysis is one of the fastest and informative ways diagnostics and should not be neglected.
Everyone should know the norms for urine analysis, but you will never be able to decipher it as well as a doctor. Therefore, it is best to see a doctor who will explain to you what each elevated indicator in the analysis indicates.
Our body will always let us know that something is bothering it - the properties of urine will change, the temperature will rise, pallor will appear, or something else. You just have to be attentive to your health and pay attention to problems that arise in a timely manner.
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