Urine's standard colour is referred to as "urochrome" by doctors. Urine naturally carries a yellow pigment. Your urine should be a bright yellow, almost transparent colour if you're staying hydrated.

If you're dehydrated, you'll notice that your urine turns a dark amber or light brown colour. Different colours in food and medicine can pass through your digestive tract and modify the colour of your urine. Your urine colour might sometimes indicate a health problem that needs to be addressed.

Urine has been a useful tool for diagnosis since the earliest days of medicine. It may reveal a lot about what's going on in your body, from your level of hydration to if you have a urinary tract infection. Odinnma takes a look at some of the things your pee can tell you.

• Clear urine: Clear urine indicates that you’re drinking more than the daily recommended amount of water. While being hydrated is a good thing, drinking too much water can rob your body of electrolytes. Urine that occasionally looks clear is no reason to panic, but urine that’s always clear could indicate that you need to cut back on how much water you’re drinking.
• Yellowish to amber urine: The colour of “typical” urine falls on the spectrum of light yellow to a deeper amber colour. The urochrome pigment that’s naturally in your urine becomes more diluted as you drink water. Urochrome is produced by your body breaking down haemoglobin, the protein that carries oxygen in your red blood cells. In most situations, the colour of your urine will depend on how diluted this pigment is. Having a lot of B-vitamins in your bloodstream can also cause urine to appear neon yellow.
• Red or pink urine: While urine that’s red or pink might be from something you ate recently, there are sometimes other causes. Some health conditions can cause blood to appear in your urine, a symptom known as hematuria, including enlarged prostate, kidney stones, and tumors in the bladder and kidney. Speak with a doctor if you’re ever concerned about blood in your urine.
• Orange urine: Dehydration. If your urine appears orange, it could be a symptom of dehydration. If you have urine that’s orange in addition to light-coloured stools, bile may be getting into your bloodstream because of issues with your bile ducts or liver. Adult-onset jaundice can also cause orange urine.
• Cloudy urine: Cloudy urine can be a sign of a urinary tract infection. It can also be a symptom of some chronic diseases and kidney conditions. In some cases, cloudy urine is another sign of being dehydrated. If you have cloudy urine and you’re pregnant, it could be a sign of a dangerous condition called preeclampsia. You should get in touch with your healthcare professional right away and let them know if you develop cloudy or bubbly urine during pregnancy.

In most cases, unusual urine colours are merely a result of dehydration, something you ate, or a side effect of drugs you're taking. Urine should return to its normal colour within 2 to 3 days after you observe an odd colour. If your urine is hazy, dark, blue, or green and does not return to a pale straw colour, make an appointment to see a doctor. Urologist are medical doctor that specializing in conditions that affect the urinary tract in men, women and children, such as incontinence they also make recommendations on diaper usage (often recommend plant based diapers)

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