Self Diagnosis | Know the Disease Through the Color of Urine

Urine normal color ranges from yellow to yellow, young, old, due to the pigment named urochrome. However, the color of urine is not always normal. Vitamin B can change the color of bright yellow urine. Carrot juice can change urine color to orange.

Urine discoloration, is usually not dangerous and only temporary. For example, due to certain foods, supplements, food coloring or drug consumption.

However, sometimes the abnormal color of urine can indicate the occurrence of serious infection or disease. To consult a doctor immediately if you find the color urine that is not normal and not associated with the consumption of food or medications.

Urine discoloration that is not normal to be red, brown, green, blue or white turbid, usually not accompanied by specific symptoms, with or without pain. but, if the channel changes due to urine infection, it is likely you will experience the following:

• A strong impetus to urinate
• Heartburn when urinating
• Urinating often
• Fever, cold, sweaty.
• Stomach pain that comes the surge
• Urine smell sting (urine is normal or does not smell a bit smelly)

Urine colored orange.

The orange color of urine can be caused by:

foods and supplements such as vitamin C, carrots and carrot juice. carotene create a large number of orange pigment in carrots and other vegetables, can make urine the orange, even the hands and feet and eyes can change color to be orange.

Medicines that can make the orange urine is antibiotic revamping, dilution of arah warfarin (Coumadin), phenazopyridine (Pyridium) to treat the urine channel, and some laxative Chemotherapy certain drugs.

dehydration can also make urine changed color or orange color due to an older urochrome.

Urine colored blue or green

Coloring in medications used to treat urine channel disease, can change the color of urine become blue. The other factors are:

Food. Asparatug create urine colored greenness with a characteristic odor.

Drugs. Most of the drugs can cause urine colored blue. Among others, amitriptyline, indomethacin, cimetidine, anti-nausea drug phenergan, and some multivitamin.

Medical condition. Famillial hypercalcemia, a rare disease that causes derivative calcium content increases. sometimes called a blue diaper syndrome because children with this disease have a blue color urine.

Urine colored brown or dark colors such as tea

eat rhubarb in the number of lots, Fava bean, or aloe can cause urine-brown color.

Drugs. Anti-malaria drug, chloroquine and primaquine; antibiotics metronidazole, nitrofurantoin, which treat urine infections channel, laxative containing cascara or Senna, and methocarbamol, muscle relaxant.

Medical condition. Some part of the lever disease, especially hepatitis and cirrhosis, and rare diseases, thyrosinemia, can cause old brown urine. Other diseases are glomerulonephiritis hamper the ability of kidneys to remove excess fluids and waste.

Urine snoring. Channel urine infections and kidney stones can cause a visible urine snoring.

Urine colored red or pink

Even appear intimidating, urine in red color does not always mean serious. But also can be serious, if caused by bleeding. Urine colored red causes by:

Food. Beet, red and blackberry fruit can change the color of urin become reddish or pink.

Drugs. Laxative such as Ex-lax urine can cause the color to red. Prescription drugs that have similar effect is: antipsychotic, like chlorpromazine, thioridazine and anesthetic propofol.

Toxin. Toxication chronic of mercury can cause a red urine.

Blood. Red blood cells is the main factor of urine color changed into reddish. Usually caused by minor bleeding. Factors that cause bloody urine, in medical terms known as hematuria. Caused by a sport that is too hard, urine infection in the channel, and prostate enlargement or kidney stones. Sometimes also caused by kidney cancer or bladder cancer.

Blood in urine without pain

Every time you see blood in the urine, immediately contact your doctor, not even feel sick. Kidney stone or bladder infection or prostate common occurrence is the cause of bleeding in the urine. Whereas kidney cancer, urethra, or bladder prostate cancer can cause bleeding in the urine channel. When the cancer is still quite small, painless and appear not appear. So, do not ignore this important, because blood in the urine may be the only guide the early diagnosis of prostate cancer disease.