Normal urine color is yellow. Find out what the changes in the color of your urine can mean and why your urine can suddenly turn light red or dark yellow or brown. Sometimes the color of urine changes due to food or medications, but urine can also change color due to disease, e.g. liver or kidney disease.
The color of urine , according to the standard, should be straw colored. In practice, the color of urine ranges from light yellow, almost transparent, to dark yellow. And it's still within the normal range.What can the color of urine mean ? The color of urine is good information about the condition of our body and what we eat, as well as what medications we take.
What can the color of urine mean?
Most often, the color of your urine shows whether or not you drink a lot and what we eat. It is also a detector of drugs and supplements that we take, e.g. certain vitamins. But there are times when a change in the color of your urine signals that you are sick.
- light yellow , almost transparent - this color usually means that we drink a lot of fluids and the urine is thin;
- dark yellow- indicates that the urine is concentrated due to too little fluid;
- intense bright yellow- this is the color of urine when taking B vitamins;
- red, red-brown, orange- this color of urine appears after eating beetroot, rhubarb, blackberries or when taking beta-carotene. However, it may also mean an increased secretion of bilirubin, which is associated with liver diseases - cirrhosis, inflammation or tumor metastasis. It also appears under the influence of taking levodopa - a drug used in Parkinson's disease;
- red, red-brown- this color may indicate the presence of blood in the urine and suspicion of kidney or bladder diseases. However, it also occurs under the influence of drugs: nitrofurantoin administered in urinary tract infections, anesthetics (e.g. lidocaine and barbiturates), painkillers (diclofenac, antibacterial drugs (erythromycin, clindamycin), sex hormones (progesterone, synthetic gestagens, lutein), antihistamines (clemastine);
- yellow and pinklubred-brown- this is the color of urine when drinking aloe vera juice or taking biostimine;
- greenish urine - may indicate infection with the stick of blue pus or the taking of drugs or the consumption of food dyes or asparagus. It can also be a sign of prostatitis, pyelonephritis or cystitis;
- red-pink- may indicate urate excretion, e.g. in gout;
- black- urine is often red when we take iron preparations.
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