Urine is yellow and smelly? These 5 things your body is telling you may be related to disease

Xiao Wang, 38 years old this year, began to feel a little uncomfortable in his stomach since 3 months ago. He often had a dull pain. He thought it was a stomach problem, so he took some stomach medicine casually and left it alone.

Recently, Xiao Wang went to a party. When his friend saw him, he said, "I haven't seen you in a year. Why is your skin as yellow as a carrot? Could it be a liver and gallbladder problem?"

Xiao Wang was just joking around with his friends at the time, but after thinking about it after returning home, it seems that the color of his urine has become very yellow and dark recently . Is there a health problem?

He checked online, and most of them said it was a sign of liver cancer, which scared Xiao Wang so much that he couldn't sleep well all night. The next day, Xiao Wang immediately went to the hospital for an examination.

Fortunately, Xiao Wang was not suffering from liver cancer, but gallbladder stones, accompanied by pancreatitis. However, Xiao Wang still needs to undergo surgery to remove the stones as soon as possible, and also needs long-term oral steroids to control pancreatitis.

In fact, urination can also reflect the health of the body. Some abnormal urination may be a sign of disease, and more attention should be paid to it in daily life.

1. Always have painful urination and endless urination? Could be a urinary tract infection

The urethra is one of the organs in common with the outside world, so it is more prone to infection. Urinary tract infection, also known as urinary tract infection, can be subdivided into upper urinary tract infection (pyelonephritis) and lower urinary tract infection (cystitis) depending on the site of infection.

In general, the urethral opening is less likely to cause infection because it has fewer bacteria. But in some cases, bacteria can travel retrogradely from the urethral opening into the urethra and up the urethra to invade the bladder, ureters, or renal pelvis, causing infection.

Therefore, people with upper urinary tract infection will definitely have lower urinary tract infection, but people with lower urinary tract infection will not necessarily have upper urinary tract infection.

Compared with other groups, married women are more prone to urinary tract infections , which is mainly related to the physiological structure of women.

The urethral orifice of women is right next to the anus, so intestinal bacteria (such as E. coli) can easily enter the urethra, and the urethra of women is short and straight, so bacteria can easily go retrograde and cause infection.

Married women will easily push bacteria from the lower urinary tract directly to the bladder during the intercourse process, causing infection. In addition, women are prone to bacteria during their menstrual period, which can lead to urinary tract infections .

In addition to married women, urinary tract infections are also more common in patients with urinary tract obstruction, urinary tract stones, urinary tract tumors, benign prostatic hyperplasia, diabetes, chronic wasting disease, long-term bed rest, taking immunosuppressants and hormones, and recent use of Urinary tract equipment and other people.

Common symptoms of UTIs include:

• Frequent urination (more than 6 times a day during the day and more than 2 times after going to bed at night), urgency, feeling of endless urination after each urination;
• Burning, pain, and itching in the urethra;
• I feel a sense of swelling in the perineum, and may also have low back pain or abdominal pain;
• Accompanied by hematuria, and systemic abnormal symptoms such as fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting.

The progress of urinary tract infection is very hidden, and sometimes there may be no obvious symptoms. If it is not treated in time or the treatment is incomplete, acute pyelonephritis may turn into chronic pyelonephritis, which will not only recur, but also cause renal function damage , can lead to renal failure in severe cases .

2. Yellow urine, strong odor, or imply 5 situations

Many people think of urine as a waste product, but it actually has a role. Every time you urinate, the urine is actually flushing the urethra, thereby reducing the risk of bacterial growth in the urethra. At the same time, some abnormalities in urine may also be a hint of disease in the body.

Under normal circumstances, healthy urine is light yellow brown in color, clear in texture, looks translucent, and smells slightly foul . Therefore, when the urine is very yellow in color and has a strong odor, it may indicate the following situations:

1. Liver and gallbladder disease

The reason why the urine is light yellow is mainly because the urine contains a small amount of bilirubin.

When suffering from certain liver and gallbladder diseases, such as hepatitis, cholecystitis, gallstones, pancreatic cancer, etc., the bile duct is compressed, causing bile duct obstruction, and the bilirubin in the blood will increase significantly and be excreted into the urine. This will cause the urine to turn dark yellow.

2. Drug abuse

Medications such as vitamin B2, rifampicin, and furazolidone may change the color of your urine to yellow. In this case, the color of the urine usually returns to normal as soon as the drug is stopped.

3. Drinking too little water

If you usually drink too little water, the body will reduce the amount of urine in order to maintain water balance, resulting in high urine concentration, so the color of the urine will turn yellow. In this case, drinking more water can usually solve the problem of yellow urine.

4. Urinary tract infection

When a urinary tract infection occurs, the color of the urine will also appear severely yellow, and it will also be accompanied by an unpleasant odor.

5. Food influence

The color of urine can also be affected by food. If you often eat some foods containing pigments, such as carrots and pumpkins, the color of your urine will also turn dark yellow .

3. How long to urinate is considered normal?

In addition to urination frequency, urine color and smell, the smoothness of urination can also reflect the health of the body.

Urination is actually a reflex process, usually done by spinal reflexes, but spinal reflexes can also be inhibited by brain signals, leading to holding back urine.

The human body's urine will be continuously produced, and then flow into the bladder through the ureter for storage, and then be discharged together. In the absence of holding back urine, when the urine volume in the bladder reaches 400-500 ml, the internal pressure of the bladder will quickly rise to more than 10 cmH20.

As the detrusor muscle contracts more and more, the internal pressure of the bladder will become higher and higher. When the pressure reaches above 150cmH2O, the urine in the bladder will be forced out of the body through the urethra, and the urine in the bladder will Liquid can be completely discharged in the process of this positive feedback.

The capacity of the bladder is usually 300-400 ml, and it takes about half a minute for healthy people to urinate once . If a man urinates for too long and the urination lasts for more than one minute, he should be alert to prostate health problems, such as benign prostatic hyperplasia, prostatitis, and prostate cancer, which may cause prolonged urination .

In addition, factors such as urinary tract infection and urethral stricture will also prolong the time of urination.

So what are the daily ways to make urination smoother?

1. Ensure drinking water

If you usually drink too little water, the urine will become thicker and the frequency of urination will decrease, then the harmful substances in the urine will accumulate in the posterior urethra for a long time, causing damage to the bladder, prostate and kidneys. It is recommended that healthy adults drink at least 1.5 liters of water every day, and try to keep the color of urine as cool and light yellow.

2. Avoid holding back urine

If you often hold back your urine, it will not only cause overfilling of the bladder, but also lead to problems such as dysuria, urinary retention, and kidney failure. Try to avoid holding back your urine as much as possible, and go to the toilet as soon as you feel the urge to urinate.

3. Avoid prolonged sitting

Sitting for a long time, riding a bicycle or a motorcycle can easily cause prostate congestion in men and gynecological inflammation in women, which in turn affects urination. It is recommended to stand up and move your body every hour of sitting.

We need to urinate every day. In addition to being a physiological phenomenon, urination can also reflect a person's health status.

In daily life, once you find abnormal urination, such as frequent urination, polyuria, oliguria, changes in urine color, severe odor of urine, difficulty urinating, painful urination, cloudy urine, etc., you should be alert to the possibility of disease and seek treatment as soon as possible. Seek medical attention.

References:

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