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Dark Colored (Brown) Urine

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And for that very reason, most of us tend to overlook the issue without gauging the severity involved in it. But in its actual sense, discoloration of urine or abnormal urine color might sometimes signal harmless or in certain other cases more serious health ailments. Persisting discoloration of urine if detected has to be considered for medical diagnosis, though not all cases contribute to serious health conditions.

Dark colored (brown) urine is one such symptom that can beckon the onset of disease or diseases, which requires you to seek advanced medical attention.



At least a vague idea on the health conditions that causes dark urine will help you handling the issue the way it should be.

Majority part of healthy urine contains water and the rest amounts to solutes, where urea and sodium chloride share the major contribution with traces of phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid and uric acid. Change in the urine color, from the normal pure or pale yellow to any of the extremes can occur due to food or drug intake or might be the symptom of some ailments that the body is undergoing.





The following can be some of the possible causes that results in dark colored (brown) urine. Hemolytic anemia is a health condition characterized by early destruction of red blood cells that causes excessive loss of blood, reduced hemoglobin count or red cell production. One of the major symptoms of this includes dark urine along with other difficulties like yellow tint in the skin and eyes, fatigue, pain in the upper abdomen etc.



Your condition could be worse if the symptoms are accompanied by heart failure or an enlarged liver.

Acute porphyria is a serious ailment that is distinguished by the color of urine turning to reddish brown, with symptoms like abdominal pain, constipation, fatigue and insomnia. Another characteristic of dark brown or clear urine can be liver disorder such as hepatitis b.



Jaundice and dark urine are the most important symptoms in detecting hepatitis b attack. This liver damage adversely affects body’s capacity to do away with bilirubin, the accumulation of which imparts dark color to the urine of the diseased. The symptom of dark urine is also attached to hepatitis a and hepatitis b related virus infections.



Other causes of dark or brown urine are assumed to be, but are not restricted to concentrated urine due to dehydration, urinary tract infections, renal failure and the like.

For the not so serious issues there are home remedies for rescue. Your body demands to be replenished at the margin at which you exercise it. By consuming lot of water, eating fresh fruits with more fluid content, eating well cooked food and staying hygiene you can control most of the aforementioned diseases. But if the condition persists, prompt expert medical investigation is always recommended.

Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautionary measures while following instructions on the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.

-->Urine discoloration is the most common of problems that people of all ages suffer from.



And for that very reason, most of us tend to overlook the issue without gauging the severity involved in it. But in its actual sense, discoloration of urine or abnormal urine color might sometimes signal harmless or in certain other cases more serious health ailments. Persisting discoloration of urine if detected has to be considered for medical diagnosis, though not all cases contribute to serious health conditions.

Dark colored (brown) urine is one such symptom that can beckon the onset of disease or diseases, which requires you to seek advanced medical attention.



At least a vague idea on the health conditions that causes dark urine will help you handling the issue the way it should be.

Majority part of healthy urine contains water and the rest amounts to solutes, where urea and sodium chloride share the major contribution with traces of phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid and uric acid. Change in the urine color, from the normal pure or pale yellow to any of the extremes can occur due to food or drug intake or might be the symptom of some ailments that the body is undergoing.





The following can be some of the possible causes that results in dark colored (brown) urine. Hemolytic anemia is a health condition characterized by early destruction of red blood cells that causes excessive loss of blood, reduced hemoglobin count or red cell production. One of the major symptoms of this includes dark urine along with other difficulties like yellow tint in the skin and eyes, fatigue, pain in the upper abdomen etc.



Your condition could be worse if the symptoms are accompanied by heart failure or an enlarged liver.

Acute porphyria is a serious ailment that is distinguished by the color of urine turning to reddish brown, with symptoms like abdominal pain, constipation, fatigue and insomnia. Another characteristic of dark brown or clear urine can be liver disorder such as hepatitis b.



Jaundice and dark urine are the most important symptoms in detecting hepatitis b attack. This liver damage adversely affects body’s capacity to do away with bilirubin, the accumulation of which imparts dark color to the urine of the diseased. The symptom of dark urine is also attached to hepatitis a and hepatitis b related virus infections.



Other causes of dark or brown urine are assumed to be, but are not restricted to concentrated urine due to dehydration, urinary tract infections, renal failure and the like.

For the not so serious issues there are home remedies for rescue. Your body demands to be replenished at the margin at which you exercise it. By consuming lot of water, eating fresh fruits with more fluid content, eating well cooked food and staying hygiene you can control most of the aforementioned diseases. But if the condition persists, prompt expert medical investigation is always recommended.

Warning: The reader of this article should exercise all precautionary measures while following instructions on the home remedies from this article. Avoid using any of these products if you are allergic to it. The responsibility lies with the reader and not with the site or the writer.

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