Here’s complete information about urine colors, smell, burning when you “go” and other excrement-related issues for cancer-phobes.
If you can’t get through the day without urinating into a plastic cup to inspect your excrement, even going as far as putting a color chart up against the fluid, then the articles below are for you.
However, even if you’re health conscious at a tamer level, you will learn a lot by reading these articles about all sorts of issues relating to urine.
CANCER
– Blood in urine can come from other conditions, not just cancer
– Causes of cloudy urine, how to examine your pee
COLOR
– Why your urine is the color of a blood orange
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– “Is my urine orange or just a dark yellow? How can I tell?”
– Over 12 causes of urine that’s the color of tea or cola
ODOR
– Does your urine suddenly smell really bad?
– Does your urine smell like rotten fish?
MISC
– Having to pee a lot can be caused by anxiety, but how?
– Why jogging can make you feel like you have to “go”
– Is your urine looking foamy lately? This needs attention.
What is pee made of anyways?
Urine is mostly water, about 95%, actually. This is surprising, yes, being that it can smell really bad at times.
The purpose of pee is to expel waste.
That remaining 5% contains urea, a byproduct of protein metabolism.
In addition there are salts, electrolytes and small amounts of creatinine, ammonia and other waste compounds.
It may also contain trace hormones, vitamins and medications the body is eliminating.
