Red urine in women

If female friends suddenly find that their urine is reddish, it may be due to hematuria or hemoglobinuria. These symptoms can be quite serious if not taken seriously. People should not ignore them casually, especially when the weather is cold. They should pay more attention to it, strengthen their physical fitness, avoid any situations that may harm their bodies, and receive targeted treatment.

1. Red urine may be hematuria, hemoglobinuria, or myoglobinuria.

If the blood content in urine exceeds 1 ml per liter, the urine may appear brown-red like meat-washing water, which is called gross hematuria. Porphyria patients have uroporphyrin in their urine, which turns red when left to stand. The urine of patients taking phenolphthalein may be pink. The urine may turn red after taking drugs such as mercurochrome, phenytoin, anticholine drugs, dithiamethoxam, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, and certain food colorings. Reddish-brown urine can also be seen when taking drugs such as deferoxamine and metronidazole.

2. Yellow-brown urine is seen in jaundice and bilirubinuria, and can also be seen in taking drugs such as rhubarb and vitamin B2. It can also be seen in urine with a large amount of uric acid precipitation, and can appear in children's urine in cold weather.

3. Orange-yellow urine can be seen in dehydration or high fever, or direct excessive urobilinogen. Taking rifampicin can make the urine orange-red, and taking senna can make the urine yellow-red.

4. Dark brown, soy sauce-colored or brown urine is seen in acidic hematuria, acidic hemoglobinuria, crepe oil, salicylic acid, behentrione or mesoprolol poisoning. Taking drugs such as levodopa, triamterene, methyldopa, etc. can cause the urine to turn brown-black.

5. Green urine is seen after taking methylene blue or indigo carmine. When bilirubin urine is left for too long and oxidized to biliverdin, it also turns urine green. Taking methoxazole can cause the urine to turn tea green.

6. Milky white urine is seen in chyluria, pyuria, and urine containing phosphate precipitation.

7. Blue urine is found in urine containing methylene blue and urea blue.

Almost colorless urine is seen in diseases such as diabetes, diabetes insipidus, renal atrophy, and polycystic kidney disease.

Note during inspection:

1. When doing this test, fresh morning urine should be used as much as possible. The urine collected randomly should preferably be midstream urine.

2. Women should avoid collecting urine samples during menstruation and prevent vaginal secretions from mixing into urine. Midstream urine is preferred.

3. Urine should be collected in clean and dry containers, preferably disposable urine cups and urine test tubes provided by the hospital. The amount of urine for routine testing should be about 10 ml and sent for testing as soon as possible.