How to Read Your Urine

2015-10-24 10:51

Urine is produced by kidney filtering the blood, and wastes and fluids in blood are eliminated through urine. Thus, urine can help us show how is our kidney by testing substances in urine. Then, in daily life, how should we read urine? Here we will explain it in detail for you.

1. strong smell in urine

This means that you are likely to be short of waster, or urinary tract infection. For diabetes patients, strong smell in urine is very common.

2. dark or black color

Some medicines can have side effects on people, leading to dark urine color. But, liver disease and kidney disease can also result in dark and black urine.

3. cloudy urine and foamy urine

It may indicate kidney disease, urinary tract infection. And some medicines can also make urine seem foamy. There is much protein in urine, which makes urine seem foamy in most cases.

4. pink, red urine

This usually means there is blood in urine, and it can be caused by kidney disease, kidney infection, kidney stones, kidney cysts, or prostate tumor.

5. yellow urine

It can be caused by sports dehydration, fever, and high temperature.

6. more urination, especially at night

This can be resulted in by the below:

Diabetes, heart failure, kidney disease, urinary tract infection.

7. hesitant urination

It is caused by urinary tract infection, urethral stricture, sexual ability problems.

8. burning urination or pain during urination

This can be led to by urinary tract infection, sexual disease, vaginal irritation.

When people go to diagnose kidney disease, urine tests are necessary, which can tell us how kidney function work. Paying attention to your urine color and urination times is helpful for us to know signs of disease in our body. If you need more or have any question about kidney disease, leave a message or contact online doctors anytime. Reply will be given very soon for you.

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