Reddish urine 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 took an unnatural color, then you should immediately go to the hospital, as this symptom may indicate the presence of serious deviations in the body's work.
Why urine is reddish: the most likely causes
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, reddish urine becomes due to the reason that blood enters it. In medical practice, this pathological phenomenon is called hematuria. It should be noted that today there are a lot of diseases for which this symptom is characteristic. For example, reddish urine, which is observed in the form of bloody slops, suggests that the patient has an exacerbation of glomerulonephritis. This kidney disease can not be started, as untimely cured disease can give such a complication as uremic coma.
Also, any infections that severely affect the urinary tract, kidneys or the bladder itself can become the causes of hematuria. Among such diseases, urethritis, cystitis, pyelonephritis, urolithiasis, etc. can be noted. By the way, reddish urine in men indicates prostatic hyperplasia. In addition, this deviation can be observed with cancer or polycystic kidney disease.
Medicines
Quite often, the causes of this pathology are pharmacy drugs that the patient recently consumed. As a rule, these are laxatives based on senna (or senedexin). These include tablets "Phenazopyridine", "Rifampicin" and so on. After you stop taking these drugs, the color of urine becomes 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 products
Surprisingly, in most cases, this pathological phenomenon does not pose any danger. And this is due to the fact that urine becomes reddish due to human consumption of any products of the corresponding color. These include beets, stems of rhubarb, blackberries, as well as other garden or forest berries. In addition, the color change of urine may depend on other ingredients that have been artificially painted in bright colors. For example, quite often such a deviation is observed in children who like to enjoy sweets containing a huge amount of dyes and other additives.
In order to protect yourself from such trouble, you should carefully monitor the diet, as well as avoid poisoning with toxic substances and regularly undergo a medical examination.