What was wrong with you from your urine?

Answer 1

URINE COLOR AND POSSIBLE CAUSES: (some foods, medications, disorder or diseases can cause more than one color of urine; the color of urine does not necessarily indicate an illness)

Black urine -- excess L-dopa OR Melanin ORCopper poisoning OR Phenol poisoning

Blue urine -- medications Amitriptyline, Cystex, Indomethacin Methocarbamol, Methylene, Trac Tabs, Triamterene, Urised, Uroblue OR other medications and even vitamins with blue dye OR foods with blue dyes

Brown or tea-color urine Blood (The color can be due to Hemoglobin pigments or red blood cells in the urine.) ORLiver disorders (cancer, Hepatitis, Melanoma cancer) ORCopper poisoning OR Porphyria OR Gross Hematuria

Brown urine certain foods (aloe vera, blackberries, fava beans, rhubarb) OR medications (like Antimalarial) ORdrug toxicity OR heat stress OR muscle trauma OR excessive physical exertion OR Clueto Rhabdomyolysis OR Myoglobinuria.

Dark-brown urine excess L-dopa OR Melanin OR Copper poisoning OR Phenol poisoning

Green urine foods (like asparagus) and food dyes OR dyes used in tests for bladder and kidney functions OR medications with green dye (Amitriptyline, Cystex, Methocarbamol, Methylene, Triamterene) OR vitamins with green dye OR Eosin (turns urine green under ultraviolet light) OR urinary tract infection OR Cystex can cause the urine to turn bright-green

Indigo or Violet urine oral Tryptophan ORHematuria or Haematuria (red blood cells in the urine) ORTannic Acid OR Metabolite (indican) in alkaline urine OR plant or artificial dyes (indigo pigment or indirubin pigment) OR Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS is a rare disorder.) OR Formaldehyde OR Logwood renders alkaline urine OR Violet Sodium Nitroprusside OReating beets can cause violet urine

Orange Urine orange foods (carrots or rhubarb will turn urine from very dark yellow to orange.) OR foods with orange dye OR phenacetin, riboflavin, rifampin, sulfasalazine, vitamin C OR bile duct or liver (occurs with light-color stool and signs of Jaundice) OR Blood (The color can be due to Hemoglobin pigments or red blood cells in the urine.)

Milky-colored urine bacteria OR tiny-crystals (stones) formations OR fat particles OR white-blood cells.

Pink to pinkish urine Gross Hematuria

Red or Reddish urine foods, beets, blackberries ORfood with dyes OR dyes in medications or vitamins OREosin (turns urine pink or red under natural light) OR Blood (The color can be due to Hemoglobin pigments or red blood cells in the urine.) OR Porphyria OR Gross Hematuria

Peal-yellow to deep-amber urine is the Normalcolor or urine (darker yellow color indicates dehydration)

Bright-yellow urine can be caused by multivitamins