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What Causes Dark Urine Along With Back Pain And Weakness?
Hello am Jim I am 26 years of age . I ve been feeling very ill my symptoms are dark urine, back pain been feeling very weak and tried wake up with a head ach every morning I get tired very quickly and short of breath doing very minimal things at that time I feel brain fog , dizzy and faint and need to lay to down to feel better when I stand up feeling comes back please could you help on these symptoms .
Wed, 25 Mar 2015
Hello and welcome to HCM,
Black colored urine can be due to presence of hemoglobinuria or presence of hemoglobin in urine or it can be due to an error of metabolism.
Firstly, you need to get an urine examination done especially for the presence of hemoglobin in urine.
The symptoms of tiredness, weakness, shortness of breath, dizziness and fainting spells are suggestive of anemia or low hemoglobin.
Thus, you need to get complete hemogram done to assess the hemoglobin levels.
The anemia or low hemoglobin can be due to loss of blood or hemoglobin in urine.
Consult your primary healthcare provider for clinical assessment and prescription of relevant investigations for further work up.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
Black colored urine can be due to presence of hemoglobinuria or presence of hemoglobin in urine or it can be due to an error of metabolism.
Firstly, you need to get an urine examination done especially for the presence of hemoglobin in urine.
The symptoms of tiredness, weakness, shortness of breath, dizziness and fainting spells are suggestive of anemia or low hemoglobin.
Thus, you need to get complete hemogram done to assess the hemoglobin levels.
The anemia or low hemoglobin can be due to loss of blood or hemoglobin in urine.
Consult your primary healthcare provider for clinical assessment and prescription of relevant investigations for further work up.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja Puri
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