Urine of a reddish color should alert any person. After all, the usual color of urine ranges from almost transparent to dark straw. However, if you notice that the shade has changed significantly and has taken on an unnatural color, then you should immediately go to the hospital, as this symptom may indicate the presence of serious abnormalities in the body.
Why is urine reddish: the most likely reasons
In modern medicine, there are several reasons why this pathology can occur in both men and women. Let's consider each of them in more detail.
Diseases
Quite often, urine becomes reddish in color due to the fact that blood gets into it. In medical practice, this pathological phenomenon is called hematuria. It should be noted that today there are quite a few diseases that are characterized by this symptom. For example, reddish-colored urine, which is seen inin the form of bloody slops, indicates that the patient has an exacerbation of glomerulonephritis. This kidney disease cannot be started, as an untimely cured disease can give such a complication as uremic coma.
Also, the causes of hematuria can be any infections that have severely affected the urinary tract, kidneys or bladder itself. Among such diseases, urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis, urolithiasis, and so on can be noted. By the way, reddish urine in men indicates prostate hyperplasia. In addition, this deviation can be observed in cancer or polycystic kidney disease.
Medications
Quite often, the causes of this pathology are pharmaceutical drugs that the patient has recently taken. As a rule, these are laxatives based on senna (or senadexin). These include tablets "Phenazopyridine", "Rifampicin" and so on. When these drugs are stopped, the color of the urine returns to normal.
Toxic substances
Urine with a red tint may indicate that this organism is exposed to lead poisoning. In this case, you should contact specialists who will help remove this harmful toxic substance.
Food
Surprisingly, in most cases, such a pathological phenomenon does not pose any danger. And this is due to the fact that the urine becomes reddish due to the use by a person of any products of the correspondingcolors. These include beets, rhubarb stalks, blackberries, and other garden or forest berries. In addition, the change in color of urine may also depend on other ingredients that have been artificially colored in bright colors. For example, quite often such a deviation is observed in children who love to eat sweets containing a huge amount of dyes and other additives.
In order to protect yourself from such a nuisance, you should carefully monitor your diet, as well as avoid poisoning with toxic substances and regularly undergo a medical examination.
