Light Yellow Colour Urine Is Better Than White Colour Urine

Colour or urine

Why would a healthy person suddenly become so worried about the colour of urine? It is normal to get worried when we notice a deviation from what we thought is normal. But what if what we thought is normal is actually abnormal? This is the case with the colour of urine.

Many Nigerians feel that the normal colour of urine is colourless or white or clear. Any other colour is an indication that the person is not healthy. They can even label the person some terrible names just from the colour of urine.

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Please for your consumption, the normal colour of urine is not white or colourless. It is pale yellow to close to clear colour. This colour is due to the hemoglobin breakdown releasing waste material that has colour. Since the waste is released from the urine, it gives the urine its colour. The true colour of urine is urochrome.

Merely looking at your urine as it is coming out of your body may give a false colour. Normal urine coming from the body may seem clear and colourless. However, that same urine in a white cup or transparent glass will show the urochrome colour. However, when the colour of urine coming out of the body is coloured, it shows something is not right.

Urine colour can change to so many colours. The colour change is due to either the food we eat, disease or medications. Majority of cases are not a cause for alarm. However, knowing them can help predict what is wrong.

What Colour Change Mean

Clear or white: overhydration

Neo Yellow: vitamin B deficiency

Red or pink: eaten beets, rhubarb and blackberries or enlarge prostate, kidney stones and tumours

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Orange: dehydration or rifampicin drug

Dark brown: dehydration or flagyl/chloroquine

Cloudy: urinary tract infection (UTI)

Blood: Infection, kidney stones

This is just a guide. There are many more colour and meaning. Contact your medical doctor for more information.

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