Urine (uncharacteristic color, odor)

Analysis of your urine

A study of one's own urine can help you unravel many difficult symptoms - back pain or lower abdominal pain, fever that is unclear, headaches, sudden jump in blood pressure, swelling of the fingers and face, and these are just a few. But to understand what reflects the changes in urine, you must know how it is formed.

Urine is formed in the kidneys, whose function is the regulation of the chemical equilibrium in the body. The kidneys located on both sides of the spine filter the blood that circulates through them, holding back those substances that the body needs and removing the rest. Two thousand liters of blood passes through both kidneys every 24 hours, but this produces only one and a half to two or two liters of urine! Healthy kidneys do not allow the loss of any substance necessary for the body. They again absorb sugar, some salts, proteins, red and white blood cells and other vital elements of the blood. Urine is examined, looking for in it something that should not be in it.

The first and most simple study of urine is a look at it. Do not worry if it looks dark or cloudy. This can be due to phosphates in meat or other foods that you ate. In women, normal vaginal discharge often makes urine cloudy. If the weather was hot and you sweated without consuming enough liquid, your urine would be more concentrated and, therefore, darker. Indeed, most of the changes in the color of urine are related to the amount of water you drink. The more diluted urine, the paler it will be in its yellow color. When you are dehydrated , it is dark golden in color.

If your urine is a hint of tea or mahogany, it contains bile . To confirm the presence of bile, pour a little into a container (with a lid!). Close the vial and then shake it vigorously. If the urine foams, bile is present. Now look at yourself in the mirror. You might not notice that you are yellowed. Both symptoms signal a liver disease .

Red urine usually means blood , and this is the main signal of danger of cancer , infection or stones in the urinary system. This almost never happens at the rate and requires an immediate visit to the doctor. But the red urine may be the result of beets or borscht, which you ate in the evening. Laxatives that contain phenolphthalein will also make the urine red (ex-lax is the most famous example).

Dyes present in some sweets, food and medicine, can change the color of urine. One day a patient came to see a doctor, who was worried, noticing that her urine was green! She took Uritsda, in connection with the disease of the urinary tract. This medicine contains an inoffensive colorant that stains urine in green. Some bacteria that cause infections of the urinary system, form a blue pigment, which, when mixed with yellow urine, also gives it a green color.

Tranquilizers like torazine and compassin can make urine red or brown. Vitamin tablets , especially those that contain a complex of vitamins B, will give her an orange tint and a characteristic smell. The pyridium , which is taken to relieve pain when irritating the bladder, will make the urine bright orange. Pus , getting into the urine with inflammation of certain parts of the urinary tract, will make it look milky yellow.

But here's something strange. Aldomet , a medicine used for hypertension, can make urine black. It starts to come out yellow, but as soon as it falls into the water of the toilet, it becomes black - a horrible sight if you were not prepared for it. The change in color is a consequence of a chemical compound called a hypochloride.

Then there is the smell of urine. If you ate asparagus, soon a strong odor will appear in your urine. Any other food will give its own characteristic aromas. So remember, when your urine changes the smell, it becomes cloudy or gets a special color, your first thought should be - what have I just eaten or drunk? Have I drunk enough fluids? And how about vitamin tablets? Do not think about some terrible disease, it's unlikely you have it, unless you have bloody urine.

Symptom: abnormal urine