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Does Kidney Impairment Cause Brown Colored Urine?
I was recently diagnosed with proteinuria and hematuria; and my urea and creatinine are up, which my specialist suspects is because of the tenofavir I take. I was very dehydrated over the weekend and my urine turned brown. Is that normal with kidney impairment. Usually if I m severely dehydrated, my urine would turn a very dark yellow
Wed, 29 Apr 2015
Hi,
I am Dr ali and I am a Urologist.
In my opinion yes kidney impairment causes brown colored urine, usually it is blood in urine called hematuria. Main function of the kidneys is to filtrate blood from toxic body material and excrete in the form of urine. Blood supply to kidney itself is reduced in case of dehydration and its filtration process is effected and blood is passed in urine instead of clearing it.
It is reversible once rehydration is done.
regards
I am Dr ali and I am a Urologist.
In my opinion yes kidney impairment causes brown colored urine, usually it is blood in urine called hematuria. Main function of the kidneys is to filtrate blood from toxic body material and excrete in the form of urine. Blood supply to kidney itself is reduced in case of dehydration and its filtration process is effected and blood is passed in urine instead of clearing it.
It is reversible once rehydration is done.
regards
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