Dark Color Urine

As we all know Urine is one of the byproduct produced by kidneys to be excreted by the body. Generally urine is colorless, amber or pale yellow in a normal person. However any other color maybe symptomatic to some disorders. Regular health checkups and in some clinical visits we are always asked to provide urine samples for urine analysis. In this post today, let us see what would be the different colors of urine point us to.

Colorless Urine
A male or female has Colorless urine because of the presence of excessive water in the body. In medical term this is termed as over hydration. Though considered to be a much better condition than dehydration, some of essential salts which are present in the body are lost due to over hydration. Drug test can give unsure results if a person keeps on drinking a lot of water. Just read on wiki that this is considered to be a potential attempt to hide the presence of drugs in one's blood stream.

Dark Yellow Urine
This color of urine indicates dehydration. One should increase the water intake in such cases till the urine color returns to normal i.e. pale yellow. It is also observed that holding a urine for a long time can give it a dark yellow color.

Orange Color Urine
Urine color can range from light orange, orange to dark orange. Light orange color urine indicates that the body is losing a lot of vitamin B while a orange color urine is caused because of certain medications. Dark orange color urine can be a symptom of disorders like jaundice, rhabdomyolysis, Gilbert's syndrome.

Red Color Urine
Eating of beets can give a pinkish, reddish color to the urine. This is generally harmless coloration of urine and won't last for more than a day. If you want don't get away with it in a day or two, consult a doctor as this color of urine may also point toward a disorder called Porphyria.

Greenish Color Urine
Greenish color in urine can be result of consuming asparagus in more than normal amount. The main reason behind greenish color of urine is excessive intake of vitamin B through diet.

Tip
Before going for a health checkup or doctor drink a glass of water, just in case your urine sample is required.

Yellow Jaundice

Jaundice is a common disease in which the skin turns yellow in color. Hence sometimes it is referred as yellow jaundice by novice. Sometimes a Jaundice patient also has somewhat yellowish eyes. It is also called as ecterus in english. Yellow Jaundice itself is not a diseases, instead suggest that something is wrong with liver or the gallbladder.

Cause of Yellow Jaundice

Yellow Jaundice is caused by excess presence of bilirubin pigment in the blood of an individual. Bilirubin is converted into bile in the liver which further aids in digestion. However, if the process of conversion slows down then the excess bilirubin pigment gets deposited under the skin , eye thus changing the color to yellow. As said earlier jaundice is a condition rather than a disease and can be caused because of cirrhosis, hepatitis, tumors of kidney or gallbladder and gallstones. Bad habits or addicts to smoke, drugs or alcohol are also prone to Jaundice.

Symptoms of Yellow Jaundice

The foremost symptom is yellow color of the skin or the white part of the eye i.e. the sclera of the eye. Stool color turns white. The skin might turn itchy. The nails, teeth color might change to yellow or brown. Urine color goes brown. Fever, bad breathe, cramps, live pain may also accompany Jaundice.

Diet during Yellow Jaundice

Jaundice when taken proper care can cure itself. A friend who was recently suffering from Jaundice was advised by his doctor to follow a strict diet of milk, rice and only fruits. He was rightly suggested so because this is light food, not too heavy for the body to digest. Non-Veg, Junk Food, salt, oily food should be totally avoided. The body needs to produce more bile to digest these heavy substance and hence can be harmful during Jaundice. The above die can be followed till the 5th day of the jaundice infection or till the skin color returns to normal.