What causes yellow urine in children? what to do?

Urine is a product of human metabolism. A normal baby's urine is generally colorless, transparent or light yellow liquid with a special fresh smell. This is because the urine contains a yellow urochrome. If the baby's color becomes very yellow, what is the reason?

What factors affect the color of your baby's urine?

The color of urine can also be dark or light depending on how much water you drink, how much you sweat, and your diet.

◆If you drink more water or sweat less, the proportion of urochrome in your urine will be smaller, and your urine will be lighter in color;

◆If you drink less water or sweat a lot, the proportion of urochrome in your urine will be high, making your urine appear yellow.

◆Urine is usually clear when it is cold, and yellow when it is hot.

◆When consuming acidic foods, urine is generally darker;

◆When consuming alkaline foods, urine tends to be lighter in color;

◆Since the baby's kidney function has not yet matured, 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. Mothers do not need to panic about this.

◆Newborn babies’ urine is often dark and slightly turbid 2 to 3 days after birth. After cooling, reddish-brown or light red precipitates will appear. These are crystals of urate, which will disappear on their own after a few days. This is also a normal phenomenon.

3 situations in which babies have yellow urine. In some cases, it is not a serious problem and no treatment is needed; in some cases, it is pathological and parents need to be vigilant and take the baby to the hospital for diagnosis and treatment in time.

Usually, there are three situations when a baby has yellow urine:

1. Babies are usually naughty and active, sweat a lot, and drink less water, so their urine will be relatively concentrated.

2. If the baby likes to eat foods with pigments such as oranges, tangerines, papayas and carrots, or if the baby takes the following medicines, the urine color will turn golden or orange, such as vitamin B complex, vitamin B2, berberine (berberine hydrochloride), tetracycline, adipexole, rifampicin, furazolidone, mefenamic acid, one pill, rhubarb, sulfadiazine, furazolidone, senna leaves, etc.

3. If the newborn baby's urine is yellow, then you should pay attention to whether it is caused by neonatal jaundice. Diseases such as ABO hemolysis, Rh hemolysis, and congenital biliary atresia can all cause yellow urine. If an older baby's urine is dark yellow, or soy sauce color, or strong tea color, you must pay attention to whether he or she has acute hepatitis. Before and after hepatitis, the bilirubin-like substances in the urine will increase, resulting in yellow urine.