Urine Colour.
Yellow
Healthy urine goes from clear to pale yellow, dark yellow to amber.
This depends on hydration levels,
but if you're somewhere in the yellow team, you can breathe easy.
Green
Some antiseptics and anaesthetics give urine a green tinge.
This is thanks to methylene blue, a dye which kidneys sometimes
struggle with.
Nothing too much to worry about though.
Orange
This is a sign of liver dysfunction.
If your urine is this colour and you notice that your stools are white, it could be
obstructive jaundice. Put down that beer – it's GP time.
Brown
Muddy-looking pee means kidney problems.
This can be a sign of serious renal disease, even a fistula. That's when your
bowel leaks into your bladder.
Taxi to casualty now.
Red
This is really bad. Blood in your urine can mean a haemorrhage or
cancer.
In anyone over 40 we assume it's bladder cancer, unless
proven other wise.
Get yourself to the doctor, pronto.
