Urine Color (UCO)

The color check of urine is to observe the color of urine with the naked eye. It is generally used to evaluate the concentration of urine, the content of urine pigment and the metabolism of the body. It can be used for physical examination of healthy people, as well as other abnormal urine and dysuria. Or routine laboratory tests for patients with fever. Basic Information Specialist classification: urinary examination classification: urine / kidney function test Applicable gender: whether men and women apply fasting: not fasting Tips: Fresh morning urine should be used as much as possible. The urine that is randomly selected is preferably mid-stage urine. Women should avoid menstruation when taking urine specimens and should prevent vaginal secretions from mixing into the urine. Normal value Fresh normal urine is light yellow to dark yellow, and its color is related to urine volume and metabolism in the body. Clinical significance 1, the urine is red may be hematuria or hemoglobinuria, or myoglobinuria. Each liter of urine contains more than 1ml of blood, and the urine can be brown-red washed meat, called gross hematuria. Urinary porphyrin is present in the urine of porphyria and can be red after standing. The urine taking phenolphthalein can be pink. Urine can be red after taking mercury bromide, phenytoin, anticholinergic, dithiazide, daunorubicin, doxorubicin and other food colorings. The urine is reddish-brown and can also be found in drugs such as deferoxamine and metronidazole. 2, the urine is yellowish brown seen in the jaundice bilirubin urine, can also be seen in the use of rhubarb, vitamin B2 and other drugs, can also be seen in the urine with a large amount of uric acid precipitation, can appear in the cold urine of children. 3, the urine is orange can be seen in the loss of water or high fever, or excessive urinary bilirubin. Taking rifampic can make the urine orange-red, and taking senna leaves can make the urine yellow-red. 4, urine dark brown, soy sauce or brown found in acidic hematuria, acid hemoglobinuria, wood guar oil, salicylic acid, fat or meta-diol poisoning. Taking levodopa, ampicillin, methyldopa and other drugs can make the urine brownish black. 5, the urine is green after taking the methylene blue, Leica red. When the bilirubin urine is oxidized to biliver for too long, it also turns the urine green. Taking methoxyisobutylazine can make the urine green. 6, urine is milky white found in chyluria, pyuria, phosphate containing precipitated urine. 7, the urine is blue in the urine of methylene blue, urine blue mother. 8, urine is almost colorless in diabetes, diabetes insipidus, kidney atrophy, polycystic kidney disease. Precautions Note when checking: 1. Try to use fresh morning urine when doing this test. The urine that is randomly selected is preferably mid-stage urine. 2, women should avoid the menstrual period when taking urine specimens, should prevent vaginal secretions mixed into the urine, middle-stage urine is appropriate. 3. Use a clean and dry container for urine. It is better to use disposable urine cups and urine tubes provided by the hospital. The amount of urine used for routine testing should be about 10 ml and sent for inspection as soon as possible. Inspection process Inspection method: urine test. Not suitable for the crowd Menstrual women. Adverse reactions and risks no.

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