Why does my baby's urine smell?

The physical health of the baby after birth is very critical, and parents need to observe the baby's physical condition in time. It is also common for the baby's urine to have an odor. The smell of the baby's urine may be a manifestation of the baby's physical illness. In general, the smell of the baby's urine may be due to urethral disease or dietary problems. You should pay more attention to observation.

Why does my baby's urine smell?

1. Moldy smell: The urine of babies with phenylketonuria has a moldy or rat-like smell.

2. Tastes like maple syrup: Babies with maple syrup urine disease have abnormal amino acid metabolism, and their sweat and urine have the taste of maple syrup. A week after the onset of the disease, the baby will experience common symptoms such as difficulty sucking milk, difficulty breathing, convulsions, stiff hands and feet, and then die within a few months due to worsening of the disease.

3. Urine with foot odor: Oxalic acidosis is also a disease of abnormal amino acid metabolism. The urine of the affected baby has a foot odor. Babies with this disease vomit several times and become drowsy shortly after birth, and their condition can be easily mistaken for pyloric stenosis.

4. Fishy urine: The urine of babies with hypermethioninemia has a fishy smell. This is a serious congenital abnormality of amino acid metabolism. Two weeks after birth, babies with this disease will have difficulty sucking milk, bloated stomach, poor mood, and back bending. The baby will develop the disease when he is one month old and die before the age of one.

5. Urine that smells like celery: When a baby suffers from methionine insufficiency, his urine will smell like burnt sugar. Babies with this disease have poor breastfeeding from the day they are born, their diapers smell like celery, and they have complex symptoms such as weak muscles in the hands and feet, cramps, mental retardation, frequent breathing, etc. They also suffer from repeated diarrhea and their hair turns gray. This is also a congenital abnormality in amino acid metabolism.

2. The reasons why baby's urine smells strong are these

1. Getting angry

Getting a sore throat is a very direct cause of the problem. When a baby gets a sore throat, the urine will have a strong odor. Therefore, the mother should give the baby more water, as well as vegetables and fruits rich in fiber.

2. Is the urethra infected?

The baby's urine may have a strong odor because the baby urinates frequently and the mother does not pay attention to the cleanliness of the baby's private parts. When the baby has urinary pain, frequent urination, urgency, etc., be sure to take the baby to see a doctor for examination.

3. The normal smell of baby urine

Normally, urine should have a smell similar to ammonia, a bit like the smell of disinfectant, and this smell often does not appear immediately. It takes a while for people to notice it.

Generally, people who have smelly urine have excessive heart fire. If the urine smells like rotten apples, it may be diabetes. If it smells like ammonia, it may be chronic cystitis. If it smells like garlic, it may be organophosphorus poisoning. In addition, the urine will also have a special odor after eating garlic, onions, leeks or taking certain drugs such as dithiopropanol, wormwood, etc. The body already has too much acid toxins, and the human body eliminates them through urine. All beverages are acid toxins, so the body eliminates them directly for the benefit of human health. Do not eat the following foods: oil, pickles, cola, hamburgers, milk, sugar, nuts, beans, meat dishes, drink 3 liters of water a day (this is very important). Eat more vegetables. You can eat rice and whole grains, and you will get better soon.