Thanks to the urine, substances that are more than necessary or harmful to the body are excreted through the urine. Urine may increase or decrease in certain periods. An adult person excretes, on average, 20 mL of urine per kilogram of body weight in 24 hours. The amount of urine varies according to drink consumption, ambient temperature and physical activity. Paying attention to the color and smell of your urine will allow you to be conscious about your health and to diagnose your diseases early. The urine of healthy people appears bright and yellow in color.
DISEASE RISKS ACCORDING TO URINE COLOR
Dark yellow: Dark yellow urine color is also classified as normal. Dark yellow color can be seen in excessive consumption of foods containing B vitamins and the use of some laxatives.
Light color: Urine may appear watery if it is very light in color, overloaded with fluid, or in case of excess fluid in the kidney. “Psychological polydipsia”, which is the condition of urinating profusely due to the intake of 4-8 liters of fluid per day, or the absence or ineffectiveness of the hormone called ADH, which determines the daily urine output in the last part of the kidney tubes, which occurs as a result of the person’s drinking 20-30 liters of fluid a day despite having no disease. This color urine is also seen in those who have the problem of “sugarless diabetes” (Diabetes Insipidus), which means urination profusely. These patients drink 20-30 liters of water a day and produce as much urine, or rather, they pee.
Pink- red: If the urine color is observed to be pink-red and the problem is due to blood in the urine, the condition is serious and abnormal. If excessive beet and blackberry are not consumed in the daily diet and some antibiotics are used, a pink-red color can be seen in the urine without any disease.
Orange: If orange urine is observed, it may be due to excessive consumption of carrots, the use of B complex vitamins or some antibiotics, some blood thinners and chemotherapy drugs. If there is no such food consumption or drug use, it indicates low fluid intake.
Blue: Blue urine color is very rare, suggesting consumption of foods containing blue food coloring or a very rare genetic disease.
Green: Green colored urine brings to mind urinary infection caused by Psodomonans bacteria.
Dark brown: dark brown urine; It occurs in cases such as excessive consumption of legumes, malaria drugs, some antibiotics, use of laxatives such as senna and muscle relaxants.
Dark purple: Dark purple urine is a sign of “porphyria”, a genetic disease. One of the many symptoms of this disease, which affects the nervous system and skin, is the color of dark purple urine.
Blurry: Turbid red-pinkish dirty urine is seen in the most serious kidney infections.
burgundy: Dark burgundy urine can also be a sign of kidney inflammation called nephritis or a serious progressive kidney disease called vasculitis.
Bloody: Bloody urine or blood in the urine is always abnormal and indicates the presence of a problem that needs immediate attention. It is frequently seen in stones and infections in any part of the urinary system. In these diseases, urinary bleeding is accompanied by severe pain that decreases and increases or burning while urinating. If visible and recurrent blood in the urine is painless, a tumor comes to mind. Kidney, bladder, prostate tumors cause painless bleeding.
Torn: The appearance of foam in the urine is a sign of protein leakage through the kidneys. It is usually noticed alone. Continuous and increasing duration is a sign of serious kidney disease.