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What Causes Brownish Urine Discolouration?
Question: What does it mean when urine is medium to dark brown?
Brief Answer:
Depends upon whether associated with urinary symptoms
Detailed Answer:
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You have noticed your urine to be medium brown coloured .
The brown coloured urine can be due to eating certain foods like Rhubarb ,fave beans or too much aloe etc .
It can be brown doe to taking certain drugs like Chloroquine, Primaquine and Metronidazole.
If associated with urinary symptoms can be due to UTI or kidney diseases .
Brown urine can also occur in liver diseases .
You need to do urine analysis and urine culture if suspected to be due to infection .
Hope I have answered your query ,please feel free to ask if you have more questions , I shall be happy to help you .
Thanks and Regards.
Dr.Patil.
Depends upon whether associated with urinary symptoms
Detailed Answer:
hello
Thanks for query
You have noticed your urine to be medium brown coloured .
The brown coloured urine can be due to eating certain foods like Rhubarb ,fave beans or too much aloe etc .
It can be brown doe to taking certain drugs like Chloroquine, Primaquine and Metronidazole.
If associated with urinary symptoms can be due to UTI or kidney diseases .
Brown urine can also occur in liver diseases .
You need to do urine analysis and urine culture if suspected to be due to infection .
Hope I have answered your query ,please feel free to ask if you have more questions , I shall be happy to help you .
Thanks and Regards.
Dr.Patil.
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