Urine Color Can Vary
And While Those Changes Are Usually
Nothing To Worry About Sometimes A Shift
The Hue Of Your P Can Signal That
Something's Wrong
We Asked Keith And Bidi, Vice Chair Of
Urology At Mount Sinai To Explain The
Rainbow Of Possible P
Colors If You Think Of Urine, It's Like A
Thermometer For The Body, Not That It
Tells You The Temperature, But It Tells
You What's Going On Inside The Body The
Urine Is What The Kidneys Make When They
Filter Your Blood And So If You Have
Things Like Fluid Shifts, So If You're
Dehydrated Or If You're Well Hydrated
Right, The Urine Color Will Vary Based On
How Much Fluid There Is In Your
Bloodstream And How Much Filtering Your
The Kidney Is Doing, So What Is P Supposed To
Look Like
There Isn't One Exact Hue That's
Considered The Gold Standard Of Normal
Urine, But Your Pee Should Fall Somewhere
On The Yellow Spectrum
Urine Gets Its Yellow Color From
Urobilin
Also, Known As chrome, A Compound
Excreted By Your Kidneys
The Organs That Filter Your Blood And
Produce Pee
Your Urine Can Contain Traces Of
Thousands Of Different Substances Mixed
With Plenty Of Water In General The
The more Water You Drink The Clearer Your
Pee Will Look Because You're Diluting
The Other Substances Coming Out Of Your
Kidneys
If You Guzzle Lots Of Water And Your Pee
Is Completely Clear You Can Probably
Safely Cut Back On Your Fluid Intake A
Bit
After All, It's Rare But Possible To
Actually Drink Too Much Water
If Your Pee Is The Color Of Pale Straw
Or Looks Like A Transparent Shade Of
Yellow That's Also, A Good Indication
That You're Probably Well-hydrated Straw
Colored Is Like Good Urine, And When
It's Very Diluted From Water Than You
Don't Really See The Yellow It Just
Looks Very Clear If You Go To The
Bathroom After You Drink A Lot Of Water
Or Gatorade Or Even Liquor Like
Caffeine And Alcohol Are Diuretics They
Make You Create More Urine You'll Notice
The Urine Is Very Clear And Very White, It's
Just Because It's Getting Rid Of All
That Extra Fluid Now If You See A Darker
The Shade Of Yellow In The Bowl Or A
Different Colors Altogether, It Could Be A
Sign Of Trouble
Here's What To Watch Out For If Your Pee
Is Dark Yellow Like Amber Or Honey Or
Dark Orange You Might Not Be Consuming
Enough Water
The Kidney Filters Blood Right And It
Filters Blood For A Couple Of Things It
Regulates How Much Water Is In Your Body
And In Your Bloodstream On The Flip Side
If You're Dehydrated If Your Body's
Saying We Need More Water, We Need More
Fluid What It Does Is It Actually Sucks
Water Back Into Your Body From The
Kidney So Urine Is Made And Then There's
A Mechanism That Says We Need Actually
All The Water We Can Get And Will
Actually, Take The Water Out Of The Urine
And Put It Back Into Your Bloodstream So
What You're Left With Is
Urine That Has Much Less Water Content
In It And So Those Solutes Are What We Call
The Electrolytes And The Proteins
And All The Stuff That Could Be In The Urine
Is Highly Concentrated And It Changes
The Color
Additional Signs Of Dehydration Can
Include Fatigue Chills
Bad Breath
Sugar Cravings Or Muscle Cramps
First, Try Upping Your Water Intake
Doctors Recommend 1.5 To 2 Liters Of
Water Daily In Addition To Other Fluids
If That Doesn't Help Schedule An
Appointment With Your Doctor To Rule Out
Any Other Issues
Keep In Mind To That Certain
Medications Can Turn Your Pee Dark
Yellow Or Orange Examples Include
Final, Pyridine, A Treatment For Pain
For A Urinary Tract Infection Or UTI,
And Sulfa magazine, A Treatment For
Ulcerative Colitis
If Your Pee Looks Dark Brown Like Black
Tea Brown Ale Or Cola Ask Yourself
Did I Recently Eat Rhubarb Lava, Beans Or
Aloe
These Foods Can Lend Your Pee A Brownish
Hue However Dark Brown Urine Can Also Be
A Sign Of Severe Dehydration
Past The Stages Of Dark Yellow Or Orange
Pee You're So Dehydrated That Your Urine
Is Turning Brown That's Bad, I Mean
That's Really Your Body Screaming For
More Fluids And That Could Actually Be
Very Damaging To Your Kidneys, You Know
When You Don't Have Enough Water To
Hydrate And Get The Kidneys Going And
Multiple Organs Are Affected By That
Another Possibility Is Related To Your
Medical History
If You've Recently Undergone A Urologic
Procedure The Brown You're Seeing Could
Be The Result Of Blood Slowly Dissolving
In Your Urine
In Addition, Some Antibiotics
Laxatives And Other Medications Can Turn
Your Pee Brown
Dark Brown Pee Can Also Be An Indication
Of Something More Serious Than Warrants
Attention From A Medical Provider Through
It Can Be A Symptom Of had, paralysis,
A Dangerous Condition In Which Muscles
Break Down
Other Symptoms Can Include Muscle Cramps
And Severe Pains And Feeling Weak Or
Are tired After A Muscle Injury Or Extreme
Exercise Is Another Possible Concern That Has To
Do With Your Liver When You Have Poor
Liver Function Extra Bilirubin A
Pigmented Components Of Bile Can End Up
In Your Urine Turning At A Darker Hue
And If You Have A History Of Melanoma
Definitely Keep An Eye Out For Brown
Tinge Urine Can Be A Sign That The
Cancer Is
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