What is the reason for yellow urine in babies?

Nowadays, most families have only one child. A child is the treasure of the whole family. Any abnormality in the child's body will be taken seriously, especially by some new parents who lack experience in raising children and sometimes feel at a loss. Yellow urine of a baby is one such situation. So, what is the reason why baby urine is yellow? Let’s take a closer look at the specific causes.

The color of urine can also vary depending on how much water you drink. If you drink more water and urinate more, the proportion of urochrome in the urine will be smaller, and the color will be lighter; if you drink less water, the proportion of urochrome in the urine will be larger, and the color will appear yellow. If urine is left for some time, its color will become darker. This is because some of the urochrome in the urine has been oxidized into urochrome. The waste produced by the human body and the urine pigments excreted every day are generally relatively constant, so the color of urine will not change much. 96%-99% of urine is water, and most of the rest is waste, such as uric acid, creatinine, etc. The normal daily urine volume of a person is 1000-2000 ml, among which men have 1500-2000 ml and women have 1000-1500 ml. The urine is light yellow in color and transparent without any precipitation or turbidity. Freshly excreted urine has a special grassy aroma, but after being left for a long time, it develops an ammonia smell due to decomposition. Yellow urine refers to urine that is yellow or dark yellow. The reasons are:

When eating carrots, taking riboflavin, furazolidone, mefenamic acid, rhubarb and other Chinese and Western medicines, the urine may turn yellow. Once you stop taking the medicine, the yellow color will disappear immediately, so there is no need to worry.

Patients with common fever or vomiting and diarrhea symptoms will have their urine concentrated and reduced because water is excreted with sweat or feces, but the urine pigment does not change, so the color of the urine appears very yellow.

Another type of urine that is yellow like strong tea is not due to the above reasons, but is caused by a lesion in the liver or scrotum. It turns out that there are usually two ways for bile to be discharged: one from the urine and the other from the intestines. When the liver or gallbladder is diseased, the bile's path to the intestines is cut off and it can only be excreted in the urine. The urine also becomes dark yellow due to the increased bile content.

In the early stages of hepatitis, before jaundice appears, we often see that the color of urine is like strong tea, which is often a sign of hepatitis.

In addition, yellow turbid pyuria is a manifestation of suppuration of the urinary organs.

The above is an introduction to the reasons why babies’ urine is yellow. I hope it will be helpful to parents. There are many factors that cause yellow urine in babies. Sometimes it is not caused by getting angry, but may be caused by a more serious disease such as hepatitis. If it lasts for a long time, you should go to a regular hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time to prevent more serious consequences for the child.