What is the disease if the baby's urine is tea-colored?

The color of the baby's urine is relatively dark, a bit like the color of strong tea. At this time, parents will be more worried. There are many reasons for the baby's urine color, such as excessive exercise, drinking too little water, and excessive sweating. In addition, dietary influences, drug influences, and physiological influences may all lead to such a phenomenon. Of course, if the baby frequently has this symptom, you should be alert, as it may be caused by illness.

Drink less water and sweat more

A normal baby's urine is generally colorless, transparent or light yellow liquid. This is because the urine contains a yellow urochrome. Therefore, the color of urine can be dark or light depending on how much water you drink, how much you sweat, and your diet. If the baby drinks more water or sweats less, the proportion of urochrome in the urine will be smaller and the urine color will be lighter. If you drink less water or sweat more, the proportion of urochrome in your urine will be high, and your urine will appear yellow.

If the baby consumes more acidic foods, the urine color is generally darker. When alkaline foods are consumed, urine tends to be lighter in color. This is because the baby's kidney function has not yet matured, so when the baby eats foods containing oxalate or phosphate, such as spinach, amaranth, bananas, oranges, apples, etc., the urine will form crystals when it encounters cold after being excreted, making the urine turbid. If your baby likes to eat pigmented foods such as oranges, tangerines, papayas and carrots, the color of his urine will become darker, which is normal.

Physiological effects

Usually, newborn babies' urine is dark and a little turbid 2 to 3 days after birth. After cooling, there will be reddish brown or light red precipitation. This is the crystallization of urate, which will disappear on its own after a few days. This is also a normal phenomenon. Or the baby's yellow urine may be due to physiological jaundice. This is because the bilirubin level in the newborn's blood is high and can be excreted through urine, so the urine becomes yellow. Physiological jaundice generally does not require treatment. As long as you pay attention to keeping the newborn warm, feeding early, providing enough water and heat energy, excreting meconium early, and reducing the enterohepatic circulation of bilirubin, you can reduce the degree of physiological jaundice.

Drug effects

If your baby takes the following medicines, the urine color will turn golden or orange, and will generally improve naturally after stopping the medication. For example, vitamin B complex, vitamin B2, berberine (berberine hydrochloride), tetracycline, adipexole, rifampicin, furazolidone, mefenamic acid, one pill of alkaline, rhubarb, sulfadiazine, furazolidone, senna leaves, etc.

Disease impact

If the color of urine remains dark and there is no improvement after various methods, parents should take their baby to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. Especially if you have yellow urine for a long time and have symptoms such as loss of appetite and fatigue, it is likely to be a disease of the liver, kidney or genitourinary system.