If you’re seeing white particles or specks in your urine, you need to see a doctor. “Your urine is usually clear and any debris, white specks or otherwise, is not a good thing and should [...]
“If you think your urine is oily…it’s probably not,” says Michael D. Lutz, MD, board certified urologist with Corewell Health/Beaumont Hospital; President, MIU Men’s Health Foundation. […]
If a urinalysis shows that you have an abnormal amount of protein in your urine, this can spell a lot of trouble. You can have a very serious condition that can kill you if not [...]
The term “cloudy urine” comes up often on medical sites, but there’s no description of just what this is. It’s open to subjective interpretation. To some people it can mean a milky colored urine. To [...]
Cloudy urine can mean trouble. So can certain colors of urine like cola colored or tea colored. Cancer can cause urine to change colors. So can many other conditions including very strenuous exercise (dark color). [...]
If you’ve ever had cloudy urine, you’ve no doubt wondered what’s causing the cloudiness and may have even been troubled by this odd symptom. After all, is cloudy urine a sign of cancer or some [...]
Here is what a urologist has to say about sudden-onset, foul-smelling urine. “The most common cause of sudden onset, foul-smelling urine is food related,” says Kenneth Peters, MD, chief of urology for Beaumont Hospital, Royal [...]
If bilirubin has been found in your urine, is there ANY reassurance that this might have a benign cause? “Bilirubin is not normally found in the urine,” says Akram Alashari, MD, a trauma surgeon at [...]
A proven way to tell the difference between orange urine, yellow-orange and dark yellow. If you’ve read somewhere that orange urine can be a sign of disease and are wondering if what you’re seeing as [...]
There are quite a few causes of different urine color—including cancer. This is why you should regularly inspect your pee. Guidelines for Checking Your Urine Get in the habit of checking your urine. This does [...]
Ever had foamy urine? There are several causes of foamy urine. Is cancer one of them? If you've been noticing foamy urine and have been wondering if it might be a sign of cancer, worry [...]
Orange urine is easy to spot at just a glance in the toilet bowl or as it's coming out. And orange urine means something. Urine should be an almost clear, or very light yellow color. [...]
Ever have blue or green urine? Gee, what causes urine to be green or blue or blue-green? I asked Dr. Courtenay Moore, MD, urologist in the Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute at Cleveland Clinic, about what can [...]
Red Urine Has Many Causes: Some Life Threatening, Some Harmless Red urine sometimes means blood in the urine, but sometimes it doesn't. Either way, you need to find out the cause of red or rust colored [...]
Stinky smelly urine in the morning? Or does your urine smell bad or like burning rubber at other times of the day? Can anything be done about this bad smell in the morning or whenever [...]
A urologist explains frequent urination and bladder cancer. Feeling of having to urinate, but nothing comes out, can be sign of bladder cancer, though urinary urgency as a symptom of this disease is relatively rare. [...]
It’s scary to see cloudy urine coming out of you. If you’ve been noticing that your urine is cloudy, this is not something you should shrug off. But medicine.net and mayoclinic.com do not list cancer as [...]
The causes of dark or brown urine are many, ranging from benign to possibly fatal. Benign Causes of Dark or Brown Urine Have you eaten recently any of the following? Fava beans, rhubarb pie, black [...]
