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Darkened urine
- Darkened urine: Introduction
- Causes (318 conditions)
- Types
- Diagnosis Checklist (22 listings)
- Misdiagnosis
- Home Diagnostic Testing
- Diagnostic Guides (Online)
- Diagnostic tests (36 listings)
- Symptom Checker
- Drug causes (17 listings)
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Darkened urine: Introduction
Darkened urine: Discoloration or darkening of urine color. See free access online books about Darkened urine below. See detailed information below for a list of 318 causes of Darkened urine, including diseases and drug side effect causes.
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Causes of Darkened urine:
The following medical conditions are some of the possible
causes of Darkened urine.
There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor
about your symptoms.
- Certain foods or drinks - various types of foods or drink affect urine coloration.
- Beets - turns urine reddish
- Borscht (beet soup) - turn urine reddish
- Asparagus - may turn urine green color
- Blackberries - may lead to red urine
- Rhubarb - can cause orange urine
- Senna - can lead to orange urine
- Blood in urine - see causes of blood in urine; several are severe diseases.
- Dehydration - causes darker urine or even a gold-color urine
- Hot weather - may lead to dehydration and/or concentrated urine
- Exercise - may lead to dehydration and/or concentrated urine
- Bile in urine - causes a tea-like or mahogany color; usually from a liver disorder
- Jaundice - causes bile in urine
- Hepatitis
- Liver disorder
- Pancreatic disorder
- Pancreatic cancer
- Hemaglobinuria
- Crush injury
- Melanoma
- Alkaptonuria
- See also urine color changes, red urine, darkened urine or pink urine
- more causes...»
See full list of 318 causes of Darkened urine
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Causes of Types of Darkened urine:
Review the causes of these more specific types of Darkened urine:
- Blood in urine (382 causes)
- Brown urine (3 causes)
- Haematuria (164 causes)
- more types...»
See full list of 6 types for Darkened urine
Darkened urine: Symptom Checker
Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Darkened urine, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.
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- Darkened urine and Urinary symptoms (293 causes)
- Darkened urine and Sexual symptoms (285 causes)
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- Darkened urine and Urine color changes (245 causes)
- Darkened urine and Bleeding symptoms (224 causes)
- Darkened urine and Blood in urine (211 causes)
- Darkened urine and Pain (195 causes)
- Darkened urine and Nerve symptoms (186 causes)
- Darkened urine and Sensations (184 causes)
- Darkened urine and Digestive symptoms (170 causes)
- Darkened urine and Abdominal symptoms (130 causes)
- Darkened urine and Head symptoms (120 causes)
- Darkened urine and Muscle symptoms (119 causes)
- Darkened urine and Muscle weakness (119 causes)
- Darkened urine and Swelling symptoms (117 causes)
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Causes of General Symptom Types
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- Urine color changes (365 causes)
- Urinary symptoms (1026 causes)
- Bladder symptoms (864 causes)
- Urinary problems (891 causes)
- Urinary difficulty (549 causes)
- Sexual symptoms (1575 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Darkened urine
Research the causes of these symptoms that are similar to, or related to, the symptom Darkened urine:
- Blood in urine (382 causes)
- Cloudy urine (28 causes)
- Urine color changes (365 causes)
- Blood in urine (382 causes)
- Cloudy urine (28 causes)
- Orange urine (12 causes)
- Dehydration (239 causes)
- Hepatitis (42 causes)
- Cirrhosis
- Glomerulonephritis (61 causes)
- Gall stones (31 causes)
- Biliary obstruction
- Trauma
- more symptoms...»
Diagnostic Guides for Darkened urine
Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Darkened urine from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Darkened urine. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Darkened urine
- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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- "Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas" (2003)
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- "Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas" (2003)
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- "Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas" (2003)
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- "Pediatric Complaints and Diagnostic Dilemmas" (2003)
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Darkened urine: Undiagnosed Conditions
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- Urinary & Bladder Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
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Misdiagnosis and Darkened urine
Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive bladder or other causes of pelvic pain. This condition can cause chronic pelvic pain or symptoms of urinary incontinence, similar to overactive bladder. Millions of patients may be misdiagnosed - an estimated third of the 9 million women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or 4.5 million of the 17 million women with overactive bladder syndrome do not respond well to treatment, and may have interstitial cystitis rather than their given diagnosis. In other words, about 6 million US women may have misdiagnosed interstitial cystitis. See interstitial cystitis or overactive bladder, or incontinence....read more »
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Diagnostic tests for Darkened urine:
Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Darkened urine. Some of these are listed below :
- Physical examination
- Examine for signs of anemia
- Temperature - may suggest urinary tract infection, lupus erythematosus, infective endocarditis if there is blood in the urine. If jaundiced may suggest viral hepatitis, pancreatitis, cholangitis or severe alcoholic hepatitis.
- Blood pressure - e.g. if high blood pressure may suggest glomerulonephritis, polycystic kidneys, lupus erythematosus.
- Cardiovascular examination - to look for signs of infective endocarditis which may cause emboli to kidney e.g. fever, heart murmur, small hemorrhages on the nails.
- Abdominal palpation for mass in flanks - e.g. bilateral flank masses may suggest polycystic kidneys and hydronephrosis; a unilateral flank mass may suggest a hypernephroma (renal cell carcinoma), unilateral hydronephrosis, solitary kidney cyst or renal vein thrombosis.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)
During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Darkened urine. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
- How long have you had dark urine? - to determine if acute or chronic.
- What color would you say best describes the urine? - e.g. dehydration may be described as gold color; blood in the urine may cause red, pink ,cloudy or smoky urine; liver disorders can cause tea-like or mahogany color due to presence of Bilirubin; rhubarb, senna, Vitamin B supplements, rifampin or pyridium may cause the urine to be orange; beetroot and blackberries may cause the urine to be red.
- If you suspect blood in the urine, does the blood in the urine occur in the first or the terminal part of the urine stream? - blood in the first part of the urine stream suggests a urethral or Prostatic lesion , while blood in the terminal part of the urine stream suggests bleeding from the bladder. Uniform bleeding has no localizing features.
- Have you had an injury such as a blow to the loin, pelvis or genital area? - may indicate trauma to kidney or bladder.
- If you suspect blood in the urine, is the dark urine transient or constant? - e.g. joggers and athletes engaged in very vigorous exercise can develop transient blood in the urine.
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See Diagnosis Checklist for Darkened urine (22 listings)
Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Darkened urine) may include:
- Abdominal pain? - In a person with blood in the urine may suggest renal stones (most likely), renal embolism, kidney contusion (bruising from trauma), kidney laceration, glomerulonephritis, renal cancer or polycystic kidneys. In a person with jaundice may suggest common duct stones, sclerosing cholangitis, pancreatic cancer, bile duct cancer, pancreatitis, viral or alcoholic hepatitis.
- Pain or burning with urination or frequency of urination? - may suggest a bladder stone, prostatic disease, urinary tract infection or renal infarction. If painless blood in the urine can suggest urinary tract infection or trauma, tumors or polycystic kidneys.
- Fever? - In a person with blood in the urine may suggest pyelonephritis (most likely), lupus erythematosus, infective endocarditis with emboli to kidneys; In a person with jaundice may suggest cholangitis, viral hepatitis, pancreatitis or severe alcoholic hepatitis.
- Symptoms of prostatic disease? - e.g. slow weak urine stream, terminal dribbling of urine - may suggest cause of blood in urine is from rupture of enlarged prostatic veins due to prostatic enlargement.
- Symptoms of bleeding disorders? - may suggest cause of blood in the urine e.g. extensive skin bruising, bleeding gums, bleeding nose, heavy menstrual periods, rectal bleeding and painful swollen joints.
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See Diagnosis Checklist for Darkened urine (22 listings)
Home Diagnostic Testing and Darkened urine
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Stories from Users for Darkened urine
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Medications or substances causing Darkened urine:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Darkened urine as a symptom.
Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using,
including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Rifampin - makes urine orange color.
- Vitamin B supplementns - can cause orange urine
- Pyridium - can cause orange urine
- Certain tranquilizers - can cause reddish urine or brown urine
- Thorazine
- Compazine
- more causes...»
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medications causing Darkened urine
Organs affected by Darkened urine:
The list of organs typically affected by Darkened urine may include, but is not limited to:
Detailed list of causes of Darkened urine
The list below shows some of the causes of Darkened urine mentioned in various sources:
- Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease - hematuria
- Acute promyelocytic leukemia - blood in urine
- Acute urinary conditions - Haematuria
- Adenine phosphoribosyltransferase deficiency - blood in urine
- Alkaptonuria
- Aloe poisoning - blood in urine
- Alport Syndrome - blood in urine
- Alport syndrome - mental retardation - midface hypoplasia - elliptocytosis - blood in urine
- more causes...»
See full list of 318 causes of Darkened urine
How Common are these Causes of Darkened urine?
This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Darkened urine. Of the 318 causes of Darkened urine that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 2 causes are "very common" diseases
- 5 causes are "common" diseases
- 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 2 causes are "rare" diseases
- 19 causes are "very rare" diseases
- 291 causes have no prevalence information.
See the analysis of the prevalence of 318 causes of Darkened urine
Conditions listing symptoms: Darkened urine:
The following list of conditions have 'Darkened urine' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Conditions listing complications: Darkened urine:
The following list of conditions have 'Darkened urine' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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Causes of Darkened urine Based on Risk Factors
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Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Darkened urine?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Darkened urine, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
Important:In extreme cases, always seek advice from emergency services :
- General practitioner
- Urologist
- Emergency physician
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Classifications of Darkened urine:
Subtypes of Darkened urine:
Blood in urine (258 causes), Brown urine (3 causes), Haematuria (21 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Darkened urine:
Urine color changes (308 causes), Urinary symptoms (1000 causes), Bladder symptoms (841 causes), Urinary problems (864 causes), Urinary difficulty (522 causes), Sexual symptoms (1531 causes)
Symptoms related to Darkened urine:
Blood in urine (258 causes), Cloudy urine (15 causes), Urine color changes (308 causes), Blood in urine (258 causes), Cloudy urine (15 causes), Orange urine (2 causes), Dehydration (154 causes), Hepatitis (13 causes), Cirrhosis, Glomerulonephritis (7 causes), Gall stones (11 causes), Biliary obstruction, Trauma
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