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Urinary System
The urinary system, including the kidneys, ureters, bladder, urethra and sphincters, allows us to expel waste from our body. Ask questions about this vital system here.
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It is also to get rid of excess salts, which can dehydrate a person.
And not to forget, excess water, which also acts as a solvent for the substances that needs to be rid of.
However, pee-ing is NOT to get rid of excess sugars. Anyone who has sugars in his urine most likely has diabetes. Excess sugars are converted to glycogen or fats and stored for future use.
To know more about how our kidneys produce pee, go to the website listed in the Related Links section below.
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What are reasons for being unable to urinate?
The kidneys play a vital role in removing toxins from the body. When the kidneys are working properly they produce an excretory product known as urine which should be a slightly yellow tint to clear if you are properly hydrated. When color of urine turns a yellow or brown color it can indicate dehydration as well as (renal) kidney failure. If the kidneys are not functioning properly bodily toxins will not be filtered out of the blood thus causing the body to become septic.
If a person has kidney problems and is unable to urinate they should contact a doctor immediately!
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I'm a physician. Some people wrongly believe that drinking urine improves health. Aside from the fact that urine will have an unpleasant flavor, it is sterile and harmless. But there is nothing healthy about drinking urine, since it is composed of waste products your body is trying to get rid of. A person without any access to water could keep himself hydrated a bit longer by drinking his urine, but over several days the body would make less and less of it, since the amount of water in the urine is only the amount needed to flush waste products from the body, plus any extra water the body doesn't need. Each time urine is drunk the body has that much more waste products to eliminate, and if no other liquid is drunk, the body will become more and more dehydrated, and the amount of water in the urine will get smaller and smaller until kidney failure sets in.
What causes fluid around the lungs?
Abnormal fluid collection in the lungs can be caused by lung infections or heart problems. The biggest problem with it is that it causes shortness of breath that can lead to respiratory arrest.
Is your pee healthy when its clear?
It has become popular to believe that healthy urine is clear as more and more health professionals/fitness gurus espouse the benefits of drinking a lot of water.
It does not mean you are healthy if your urine is clear. The ideal color of your urine should be a pale straw color, or light yellow. Clear urine is common in diabetics, so if you have other symptoms that may be related to diabetes, then you should see a health professional.
If your urine is always clear, take care to make sure you are not drinking an extreme excess of water, as it can lead to water poisoning in rare cases. The cells cannot dispose of the excess of fluid, and a person can basically drown as their cells cannot function due to this excess fluid. This is not a drowning in the sense that their lungs are full of water, but in that every cell in the body is full of water and the body cannot process it out quickly enough.
Why does your urine make bubbles sometimes when you pee in the toilet and sometimes it doesn't?
Residuals of seminal fluid on the ducts! =) I am serious, just check it out next time
Where does urine production occur?
urine is produced when you drink alot of water and your bladder pees out a clear yellowish color. =D
What does it mean when you urinate often?
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There can be several reasons why a person urinates a lot. One could be that you have a problem with your bladder. You could be diabetic, the best thing I can suggest is that you consult with a doctor and find out what's happening to your system. Also if you drink a lot (that's any type of fluid intake not just alcoholics) your kidneys will rise to the challenge and keep your fluid equilibrium by 'opening the valves'.
Does anxiety make you urinate a lot?
== All depends on what you are anxious about. Say you are anxious about taking a long car ride with no stops than yeah maybe if you think that you are going to urinate and nervous than you might. Mind over matter! == Actually, it is normal for an anxious person to urinate more frequently, because anxiety is simply the activation of the sympathetic nervous system and as a result, the muscles of the bladder contract and urination becomes more frequent.
Why is it that you often urinate during cold days?
If you mean that it hurts to urinate when you have a cold, then this doesn't make sense. The genitourinary tract is separate from the systems that are affected when you have a cold. A UTI, which is an infection of the urinary tract, develops when bacteria enters and goes into your ureters as well as your bladder. A cold does not cause this to happen. My guess is that you have a UTI coincidentally at the same time that you have a cold. You may be more apt to develop a UTI if your immune system is suppressed, which it is slightly when you have a cold. This could be the link that makes you have a UTI and a cold at the same time. If you do have a UTI you need to be put on antibiotic therapy as soon as possible. A cold can clear on its own, a UTI cannot.
Approximately 95% of the volume of normal urine is water. The other 5% consists of solutes (chemicals that are dissolved in the water). These include urea, uric acid, and creatinine. Other components of urine include sodium chloride (common salt), and more than 100 other substances are often present in trace amounts.
The kidneys place a role in determining the body's ACID-BASE balance - that is, they help to ensure that the pH of the blood does not fall below or rise above 7.3.
There are two possible routes by which pH can change:
RESPIRATORY CAUSES
* Respiratory Acidosis results from a HIGH blood gas concentration of CO2 which becomes carbonic acid when dissolved in water. This usually occurs because the patient just isn't breathing effectively enough - such as in morphine overdose where the automatic control of ventilation is suppressed. The body must compensate for this dangerous decrease in pH (to put things into perspective, a pH of 6.8 will mean life is NOT sustainable) and in the case of RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS, it employs a RENAL compensation. If the normal buffering systems in the blood are overwhelmed (haemoglobin, bicarbonate, phospate and plasma proteins all usually help to mop up excess acid) then the kidney excretes more acid, and reabsorbs more bicarbonate. This INCREASES the buffering capacity of the blood, and reduces the acid content.
* Respiratory Alkalosis results from a LOW blood gas concentration of CO2. This can occur during HYPERVENTILATION (e.g. during a panic attack, or during the early stages of an asthma attack). The lungs are 'blowing off' higher levels of carbon dioxide than necessary, and this pulls the pH up. The kidney also plays a role here, by doing the opposite: it DECREASES excretion of acid, and reabsorbs less bicarbonate, so DECREASING the buffering capacity of the blood, and increasing the acid content. This serves to pull the pH back down to normal levels.
Renal compensation takes a long time to kick in - up to 5 days - but is effective.
METABOLIC CAUSES
* Metabolic Acidosis is caused by an increased production of acid or a decreased availability of bicarbonate (HCO3). Lots of different things can cause a metabolic acidosis. These depend on the ANION GAP (i.e. the ratio of positively charged ions to negatively charged ones). Acidosis with a normal anion gap can be due to longstanding diarrohoea, or glue sniffing. An increased anion gap in acidosis can be an indication of lactic acidosis or diabetic ketoacidosis. The compensation for these is via the RESPIRATORY system. Chemoreceptors around the body detect the fall in pH and INCREASE the breathing rate - effectively causing hyperventilation. This makes us blow off more carbon dioxide, and thus decreases the acid content of the blood.
* Metabolic Alkalosis is caused by a decreased production of acid, or an increased availability of HCO3. Vommitting can cause this, where acidic H+ ions are lost. Anything which causes HYPOKALAEMIA (i.e. a low level of potassium) can also cause this. This happens because, in the kidney, hydrogen and potassium ions are exchanged. Less available potassium, means less hydrogen can be absorbed, and so the pH increases. The body reacts to this with RESPIRATORY compensation - we decrease our breathing. This increases the CO2 content of the blood are decreases the pH back towards the normal value.
Respiratory compensation happens very rapidly, but is much less effective at maintaining pH.
What is the normal urinary output?
First you must measure fluid intake against urine output over a number of days. Deduct for sweat, tears, fluid in stools, and some retention. You should then arrive at a figure of maybe output about 75/ 80% of input.
This could be a number of things causing this: Polyuria is an excessive need to urinate. Excessive urination can be a sign of a number of disorders, including diabetes. Polyuria that occurs over several days and is not due to medications or an increase in fluid intake may be a cause for concern. Left untreated, it can lead to dehydration, a serious complication of diabetes. Polyuria can also be due to many other conditions, including endocrine disorders, kidney disease, liver disease, urinary tract infection, mineral imbalances, head injury, emotional disorders, diabetes insipidus and Wolfram syndrome. Certain medications can also cause excessive urination. In people with diabetes, polyuria can trigger other symptoms including increased thirst (polydipsia), weight loss and increased hunger (polyphagia). People experiencing polyuria are encouraged to see their physician for appropriate treatment.
The ureter is the tube that connects each kidney to the bladder. The kidneys clean the blood and filter waste from it. This process produces a liquid waste, urine. Urine flows from the kidneys through the ureters to the bladder.
The urine is stored in the bladder until a person urinates. During urination, the urine leaves the body by passing from the bladder through another tube, the urethra, which is open at one end.
in humans, ureters are two pairs of long muscular tubes (about 25-30cm) that carry urine from kidneys to urinarry bladders.
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Why do you want to pee more after you do?
actually it is misconception among the females, that if they pee after intercourse then the chances of getting pregnant is far less.
well beside that every single female does not pee after intercourse.
What is normal urine output for a 5 year old per hour?
iguess intake: 1000 average
and output i.e. urine: 1000 average
Why do girls sit on the toilet to pee?
actually Luke girls like going to the bathroom together because we are awesome like that!!!!!!
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It's fun! and it's nice to talk alone sometimes :) maybe some girls talk about boys in there...who knows..
Does your pee and period come out of the same place?
No. your period comes out of the larger hole located near your vagina. pee comes out of a little hole just above the larger one.
When your blood sugar level is on the higher side, you have a tendency to urinate too often. Those who are having prostate problems, have no clear urination at a time and go to urinal frequently.
How do you teach a 2-year old daughter to pee?
Have your girl take off all of her clothes. Have sit down and ask her if she knows Which hole she pees from. Point to her pee hole. Then take her into the bathroom, still having her be naked, sit down on the toilet and pee. The tell her to wipe her vagina area.
