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Burgundy urine
If the color of the urine is burgundy, you should pay attention. The symptom may indicate a serious disease of the internal organs. It is advisable to collect urine over the following days and evaluate whether the pigmentation has changed. During the day, the color of the fluid that comes out naturally changes. It is most intense after sleep in the morning. This is due to the accumulation of urine in the bladder, an increase in the concentration of urochrome.
Normal urine color
The color of urine depends on the amount of the biological pigment urochrome. Depending on a number of factors, its level increases or decreases. The color of the urine of a healthy person varies from pale yellow to rich amber. The color is influenced by:
- Age;
- Physiological characteristics;
- Time of day;
- Drinking regimen.
Older people have darker pigmented urine than younger people. Varies from golden to dark golden hue. In men and women of mature age, a light yellow color is recognized as the norm. In newborns, up to the first week, urine transparency is ascertained.
Eating and drinking habits influence the tone of healthy urine. If a person is accustomed to drinking more than two liters of liquids per day, leads a healthy lifestyle, it is a natural yellowish color. In smokers, beer lovers, urine becomes dark in color.
The lightest urine at the end of the day, as drinking water, tea, various drinks reduces the concentration of natural pigment.
Almost brown urine in people who drink less than a liter of water a day. Additional evidence of dehydration is the amount of urea. When measured, the level is found to be below normal. A constant lack of moisture in the body can lead to impaired kidney function.
Color is affected by diet. With a diet rich in trace elements, vitamins, the color of urine is lighter. With poor nutrition, eating a large amount of starchy foods, the muffin tone is richer. Many women, in order to maintain a chiseled figure, often exhaust themselves with diets, the introduction of food bans. Their urine is darker than that of ladies with a dense physique.
No reason to worry
It is advisable to monitor a possible change in the color of urine in view of the fact that the cause of redness may lie in eating habits, taking medications. Brown urine becomes with dehydration, lack of water in hot weather.
Urine turns brown:
- Black tea;
- Dark chocolate;
- Raw or boiled beets.
Urine turns into burgundy shades when taken systematically:
- Aspirin;
- Some antibiotics;
- Some diuretics;
- Purgena.
Urine acquires a burgundy-reddish hue when taking courses of vitamins C and A. It becomes maroon after drinking Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, strong coffee. Intense red color - after treating lollipops, toffees, jelly sweets with dyes.
Women should not worry when, shortly after the end of menstruation, urine acquires a cloudy burgundy hue. A common cause is an incomplete outflow of menstrual blood. In a healthy person, when a second sample is taken the next day, the urine is of a normal color.
Brown urine is a common occurrence in the early stages of pregnancy, when a woman has severe toxicosis. Dark color has some babies up to the 7th day of age. The reason is postpartum hemolytic, physiological jaundice.
It is possible to independently determine whether a change in the color of urine to burgundy shades is a pathology by smell. With full health, being fresh, it has practically no smell. In the presence of a serious illness, it acquires a putrefactive or acetone odor.
A reason to see a doctor
In a healthy person, a yellowish color of urine is recognized as the norm. If the urine has darkened, acquired a burgundy, brown, brown hue, has an unpleasant odor, you should pay attention to the presence of concomitant signs.
Urine color change is often accompanied by:
- Fever;
- Constant, periodic pain;
- False urge to go to the toilet "in a small way";
- Pain when urinating;
- The appearance of physiological jaundice.
It is easy to determine which organ fails by the characteristic color of urine.
Pathological causes
If urine acquires a similar color, this is evidence of the presence of blood, hemoglobin in the fluid. Color saturation indicates:
- For cancer of the bladder, kidneys;
- Bruise of the lower back, kidneys;
- Bruise of the genital organs;
- Hemophilia;
< li>Glomerulonephritis.
When a malignant neoplasm in the bladder, its films periodically decompose and are excreted through the urinary canals.In the initial stages, reddened urine is the main symptom of the disease. The patient does not feel pain. Accompanying signs - a rapid loss of body weight, discomfort during urination, false urges "in a small way".
Urine of maroon meat color becomes in patients with pyelonephritis, renal failure. It contains blood clots.
If the urine has changed color to maroon-brown, has become cloudy, interspersed with mucus, this indicates possible kidney stones. Additional symptoms: pain in the kidneys, the temperature is 37.2 - 37.3 degrees, signs of hypertension. Urine of bright red color in men is a sign of diseases of the genitourinary system. May indicate:
- Blood stasis in prostatitis;
- Injury to the urethra;
- Bruise of the scrotum;
- Oncology in the male prostate.
Only a doctor can make a correct diagnosis when collecting an anamnesis, additional signs present in the patient.
Red urine in a woman is evidence of diseases of the genital organs. A possible reason for the release of blood during urination is the presence of:
- Uterine bleeding;
- Ectopic pregnancy;
- Erosive processes in the genitals;
- Cystitis in advanced stage;
- The development of a malignant neoplasm in the body or on the cervix.
Pink urine also indicates hematuria. A small amount of blood is excreted from the body during pathological urological processes and malignant neoplasms in the genitourinary system.
Pink urine becomes when:
- Glomerulonephritis;
- Pyelonephritis;
- Kidney damage due to vasculitis;
- Kidney stones;
- Renal cancer, urinary canals, urethra, bladder.
With purulent cystitis, in addition to hematuria, urine is saturated with clots of mucus, purulent inclusions, films. The liquid emits a fetid, putrid odor. Additional signs are pain in the lower abdomen, kidneys, high fever. With pyelonephritis, due to the ongoing inflammation of the tissues, the vessels and capillaries expand, become thinner, and the throughput of their walls increases. Blood cells seep out and are excreted through the urethra.
The diagnosis is confirmed by vivid symptoms: fever, severe headaches, drying of mucous membranes, signs of hypertension. With kidney stones, urine sometimes turns pink when a pebble or sand comes out. The foreign body, moving outward, damages the mucous membrane of the urinary canal, blood comes out. When urinating, she turns the urine pink.
Pathologies in the darkening of urine
Darkening of urine should be expected in oncology and severe diseases of the liver and kidneys. Dark color, high red blood cells, mucus:
- Cholelithiasis;
- Kidney stones;
- Mercury poisoning;
- Hemochromatosis;
- Polycystic disease;< /li>
- Vasculitis;
- Glomonefritis;
- Schitostomiasis;
- Goodpasture's syndrome;
- Malignant tumors in the liver, kidneys , genitourinary system, gallbladder.
Urine darkens in people suffering from anorexia, pyelonephritis, malaria. An almost black color of the liquid during urination indicates a bruised liver.
Brown urine in patients with cirrhosis of the liver, hepatitis, including viral and alcoholic. Brown color is noted in renal failure, when the filtration function is impaired and toxins are not completely removed from the body.
Dark brown urine becomes in people suffering from tyrosinemia. The disease is congenital. Therefore, from the first week it is necessary to pay attention to what color the urine of the baby is. If, after a few weeks, the diapers remain wet brown, you should immediately contact your pediatrician.
Knowing everything about the peculiarities of changing the color of urine, it is possible for everyone to monitor their health. The preservation of a dark shade, the presence of hematuria - signals about pathological processes in the body - gives reason to be wary. With timely seeking medical help, the chances of a successful treatment of the disease that have arisen increase.