A question for people in the medical field?!
Question: A question for people in the medical field!?
I am a male and I stay on the second floor of a house with no upstairs bathroom, so when I wake up during sleep to urinate I frequently do so in plastic water jugs and empty them a few days later so that I don't have to walk a long way to the bathroom!.
I noticed tonight that one of the jugs I was emptying was a dark brown color!. It was the oldest of three jugs of urine!. The rest were normal color!.
I've had some minor pain in my penis lately, but I am not sexually active and I really don't understand how I could have gotten a urinary tract infection!.
I've made recent changes to my diet!. I've added vegetables!.
Could the brown color really be a dark green from the chlorophyll!? ( It did not appear to be green to me, but because I have made dietary changes I felt I should note it!.)
I have no insurance and no job, so my only option is the emergency room, but since my latest urine is normal color I really don't think I have what qualifies as an emergency!.
Any suggestions are appreciated!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I noticed tonight that one of the jugs I was emptying was a dark brown color!. It was the oldest of three jugs of urine!. The rest were normal color!.
I've had some minor pain in my penis lately, but I am not sexually active and I really don't understand how I could have gotten a urinary tract infection!.
I've made recent changes to my diet!. I've added vegetables!.
Could the brown color really be a dark green from the chlorophyll!? ( It did not appear to be green to me, but because I have made dietary changes I felt I should note it!.)
I have no insurance and no job, so my only option is the emergency room, but since my latest urine is normal color I really don't think I have what qualifies as an emergency!.
Any suggestions are appreciated!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
Ok!. This can be 1 of 4 things!. It can be a urinary tract infection(UTI), bladder or kidney infection, or dehydration!. A UTI is very easy to get!. Remember, urine is very sterile and clean!. It is the tip (urethra) of the penis is the part that is bacteria filled!. It causes the urine that passes out to become dirty!. The bacteria on the tip of the penis can skip into the urinary tract tubes and cause a bacterial infection in there!. It generally wouldn't cause discolored urine, just a lot of pain!. A bladder infection would cause a lot of pelvic pain!. It can cause discolored urine!. A kidney infection will include a lot of back pain and discolored urine!. Dehydration! This includes little pain if any (unless it is severe)!. Dehydration can make your urine dark!. I forgot to mention, water soluble vitamins, like vitamin C can cause dark urine, since they are excreted through urination!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Get checked out by a urologist!. You could have a bladder infection or something else such as you could have been dehydrated!. Having pain, you should see a doc!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It could be really nothing serious!. However, You can go to a health clinic!. They provide checkups for people without insurence to see if there is a problem before its too late!.Www@Answer-Health@Com