Your urine can tell you a lot about your health.
Typically our urine is made up of 95% pure water and 5% other compounds.
For the most part, normal urine doesnt smell if youre healthy and well-hydrated.
Additionally, urine is typically a light yellow color, similar to lemonade.
(If its clear, you may be drinking too much water.)
However, when theres something going on, odors can start to arise and pee may change color.
If your pee starts to smell like ammonia, that may be a cause for concern.
Laurence Orbuch, the medical director of GYN Laparoscopic Associates in Los Angeles.
Dr. Jodie Horton, chief wellness adviser forLove Wellness, also noted that ammonia-smelling pee could indicate liver disease.
If this is happening to you, make an appointment with your physician.
The smell of rotten eggs can usually be attributed toE.
colidue to its production of hydrogen sulfide, Klos said.
If youre taking certain antibiotics or recently got off them, consider that as a possible cause.
If that isnt the case, consider calling your doctor.
Red may indicate that there is blood in your urine or that you have kidney stones, Horton said.
Green and blue urine may indicate some sort of bacterial infection, Horton said.
Orange urine
Whens the last time you had some water?
In many cases, its can be due to something in your diet.
Asparagus is a common cause, for example.
Also, holding in your pee for too long can produce a funky odor.
