Urine

[MiamiBob]

I have a strange question... I have heard many different opinions on how light/bright your piss is supposed to be.

The reason I am asking is because I recently started a new cycle and after a couple of days, my piss was as clear as day. Now I have always taken a multi and other supps while on and off but I have never pissed so clear.

I have heard that if you piss is neon yellow it means one thing and then if its light it means another.

Can someone shed some light on this for me.

Thx

Normal urine color ranges from pale yellow to deep amber — the result of a pigment called urochrome. But urine color isn't always normal.

B vitamins turn urine an eye-popping neon yellow, for instance. Carrot juice can tint it orange. And porphyria, a disease that affects your skin and nervous system, earned its reputation — and its name — by turning urine the color of port wine.

Most changes in urine color are harmless and temporary — the result of certain foods, dyes, supplements or prescription drugs. Occasionally, though, unusual urine color can indicate an infection or serious illness. Talk to your doctor about changes in urine color that persist or don't seem linked to medications or food.

Normal urine color varies, depending on how much water you drink. Fluids dilute the yellow pigments in urine, so the more you drink, the clearer your urine looks. When you drink less, the color becomes more concentrated — severe dehydration can produce urine the color of amber.

But sometimes urine can turn colors far beyond what's normal, including red, blue, green, dark brown and cloudy white. Most color changes are painless and occur without other signs and symptoms. But if the color change is due to a urinary infection, you may have:

A strong, persistent urge to urinate
Burning pain with urination
Frequent urination
Fever, chills, sweats
Abdominal pain that comes in waves
Strong-smelling urine (normal urine should have little or no odor except if you eat asparagus, lol)

Urine is made up of excess water and waste products that have been filtered from your blood by your kidneys. Its yellow color comes from urochrome, a pigment that results from the breakdown of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells.

Discolored urine is often caused by medications, certain foods or food dyes. For instance, the dyes used in some sugary cereals can show up in kids' urine. In some cases, though, changes in urine color may be caused by certain health problems.

Here's a look at possible causes for abnormal urine color:

Red or pink urine
Despite its alarming appearance, red urine isn't necessarily serious. Causes include:

Blood. The presence of red blood cells is the main reason urine turns red. Usually, bleeding isn't severe and occurs without other signs or symptoms. Factors that can cause urinary blood, known medically as hematuria, range from strenuous exercise, urinary tract infections and an enlarged prostate to kidney or bladder stones, kidney disease, and, occasionally, kidney cancer or bladder cancer.
Foods. Beets, blackberries and mom's rhubarb pie can turn urine red or pink.
Medications. Certain laxatives — Ex-lax is an example — can cause red urine. Prescription drugs that have the same effect include antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and thioridazine and the anesthetic propofol (Diprivan).
Toxins. Chronic lead or mercury poisoning can cause urine to turn red. This may be the result of high levels of excreted porphyrins, the same pigments that discolor the urine of people who have porphyria.
Orange urine
Orange urine is hard to miss. Blame it on:

Foods and supplements. Leading food culprits include vitamin C and carrots and carrot juice. Large amounts of carotene, the orange pigment in carrots, winter squash and other vegetables, can also discolor the palms of your hands and soles of your feet.
Medications. Medications that can turn urine orange include the antibiotic rifampin; the blood thinner warfarin (Coumadin); phenazopyridine (Pyridium), which treats urinary tract discomfort; some laxatives and certain chemotherapy drugs.
Dehydration. Drinking too few fluids can concentrate urochrome, making urine much deeper in color.
Blue or green urine
A dye used in several medications that treat urinary pain (Trac Tabs, Urised) can turn urine blue. Other offenders include:

Foods. Asparagus gives urine a greenish tinge as well as a characteristic odor.
Medications. A number of medications produce blue urine, including amitriptyline, indomethacin (Indocin), cimetidine (Tagamet), the anti-nausea drug phenergan and several multivitamins.
Medical conditions. Familial hypercalcemia, a rare inherited disorder that causes high levels of calcium, is sometimes called "blue diaper syndrome" because children with the disorder have blue urine.
Dark brown or tea-colored urine

Food. Eating large amounts of fava beans, rhubarb or aloe can cause dark brown urine.
Medications. A number of drugs can darken urine, including the antimalaria drugs chloroquine and primaquine; the antibiotic metronidazole; nitrofurantoin, which treats urinary tract infections; laxatives containing cascara or senna; and methocarbamol, a muscle relaxant.
Medical conditions. Some liver disorders, especially hepatitis and cirrhosis, and the rare hereditary disease tyrosinemia can turn urine dark brown. So can acute glomerulonephritis, a kidney disease that interferes with the kidney's ability to remove excess fluid and waste.
Cloudy or murky urine
Urinary tract infections and kidney stones can cause urine to appear cloudy or murky.

 

[lanky]

vented pts w/ propofol sometimes will turn urine a greenish hue, and rifampin will turn it bright orange and it will stain anything it touches,,you will not get that stain out

 

[Tatyana]

I've always wondered how hard it would be to extract the test back out of urine. I always get a litte sad every time I piss thinking of all that test getting excreted and then flushed away.

Ok a few funky facts.

Children's urine does not smell.

The smell in urine (in particular that yucky male smell) is due to the breakdown of steroid hormones.

Any test you would have injected would be the metabolites, not pure test.

The colour of urine is a result of the breakdown of haemoglobin which is the oxgen carrying pigment in red blood cells.

The iron is removed, the ring is broken open, and it is converted to bilirubin.

Bilirubin is transported to the liver where it is broken down again by UDP glucoronidase enzyme. It is excreted into your gall bladder and then into your upper intestinal tract (the duodenum) where it assists in the breakdown of fats.

The bilirubin in bile that then moves down your digestive tract is acted upon by bacteria in your gut and converted to stercobilin and urobilin. Stercobilin is what makes your poo brown.

Some urobilin is reabsorbed by the digestive tract, transported through the blood stream to the kidneys, where it is excreted, making your wee yellow.

 

[Tatyana]

Normal urine color ranges from pale yellow to deep amber — the result of a pigment called urochrome. But urine color isn't always normal.

B vitamins turn urine an eye-popping neon yellow, for instance. Carrot juice can tint it orange. And porphyria, a disease that affects your skin and nervous system, earned its reputation — and its name — by turning urine the color of port wine.

Most changes in urine color are harmless and temporary — the result of certain foods, dyes, supplements or prescription drugs. Occasionally, though, unusual urine color can indicate an infection or serious illness. Talk to your doctor about changes in urine color that persist or don't seem linked to medications or food.

Normal urine color varies, depending on how much water you drink. Fluids dilute the yellow pigments in urine, so the more you drink, the clearer your urine looks. When you drink less, the color becomes more concentrated — severe dehydration can produce urine the color of amber.

But sometimes urine can turn colors far beyond what's normal, including red, blue, green, dark brown and cloudy white. Most color changes are painless and occur without other signs and symptoms. But if the color change is due to a urinary infection, you may have:

A strong, persistent urge to urinate
Burning pain with urination
Frequent urination
Fever, chills, sweats
Abdominal pain that comes in waves
Strong-smelling urine (normal urine should have little or no odor except if you eat asparagus, lol)

Urine is made up of excess water and waste products that have been filtered from your blood by your kidneys. Its yellow color comes from urochrome, a pigment that results from the breakdown of hemoglobin, the oxygen-carrying protein in red blood cells.

Discolored urine is often caused by medications, certain foods or food dyes. For instance, the dyes used in some sugary cereals can show up in kids' urine. In some cases, though, changes in urine color may be caused by certain health problems.

Here's a look at possible causes for abnormal urine color:

Red or pink urine
Despite its alarming appearance, red urine isn't necessarily serious. Causes include:

Blood. The presence of red blood cells is the main reason urine turns red. Usually, bleeding isn't severe and occurs without other signs or symptoms. Factors that can cause urinary blood, known medically as hematuria, range from strenuous exercise, urinary tract infections and an enlarged prostate to kidney or bladder stones, kidney disease, and, occasionally, kidney cancer or bladder cancer.
Foods. Beets, blackberries and mom's rhubarb pie can turn urine red or pink.
Medications. Certain laxatives — Ex-lax is an example — can cause red urine. Prescription drugs that have the same effect include antipsychotics such as chlorpromazine (Thorazine) and thioridazine and the anesthetic propofol (Diprivan).
Toxins. Chronic lead or mercury poisoning can cause urine to turn red. This may be the result of high levels of excreted porphyrins, the same pigments that discolor the urine of people who have porphyria.
Orange urine
Orange urine is hard to miss. Blame it on:

Foods and supplements. Leading food culprits include vitamin C and carrots and carrot juice. Large amounts of carotene, the orange pigment in carrots, winter squash and other vegetables, can also discolor the palms of your hands and soles of your feet.
Medications. Medications that can turn urine orange include the antibiotic rifampin; the blood thinner warfarin (Coumadin); phenazopyridine (Pyridium), which treats urinary tract discomfort; some laxatives and certain chemotherapy drugs.
Dehydration. Drinking too few fluids can concentrate urochrome, making urine much deeper in color.
Blue or green urine
A dye used in several medications that treat urinary pain (Trac Tabs, Urised) can turn urine blue. Other offenders include:

Foods. Asparagus gives urine a greenish tinge as well as a characteristic odor.
Medications. A number of medications produce blue urine, including amitriptyline, indomethacin (Indocin), cimetidine (Tagamet), the anti-nausea drug phenergan and several multivitamins.
Medical conditions. Familial hypercalcemia, a rare inherited disorder that causes high levels of calcium, is sometimes called "blue diaper syndrome" because children with the disorder have blue urine.
Dark brown or tea-colored urine

Food. Eating large amounts of fava beans, rhubarb or aloe can cause dark brown urine.
Medications. A number of drugs can darken urine, including the antimalaria drugs chloroquine and primaquine; the antibiotic metronidazole; nitrofurantoin, which treats urinary tract infections; laxatives containing cascara or senna; and methocarbamol, a muscle relaxant.
Medical conditions. Some liver disorders, especially hepatitis and cirrhosis, and the rare hereditary disease tyrosinemia can turn urine dark brown. So can acute glomerulonephritis, a kidney disease that interferes with the kidney's ability to remove excess fluid and waste.
Cloudy or murky urine
Urinary tract infections and kidney stones can cause urine to appear cloudy or murky.

LOL read this after, great post!

 

[partagus]

Coffee makes mine smell like, well, coffee.