My urine is purple. What do i do?

Question

I just got back from North Korea and i don't know what i ate. Please help me.

Answer 1

AH! haha! CREEPY! Maybe you ate too many beets, they change the color of your pee.

Answer 2

GO TO THE DOCTOR!

Then drink LOTS of water to get it back to a clearish yellow.  

Answer 3

if this is a serious question:

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Answer 4

hmmm

first of all how did you get back from north korea, lol

second i think you should see a doctor asap or go to the hospital/urgent care

good luck :]

ps tht is SO cool

Answer 5

its prob. dye from something you ate. uhh or a allegic reaction give it a day or two. and then call the doc if it doesnt stop

Answer 6

Not necessarily doctor, did you have any maroon or dark red colored foods? Beets can make you're urine a shade of purple. If you only have white foods or meat then yes, I'd see a doctor.

Answer 7

Report it to Kim iL Jung immediately !

He will hang the family responsible!

(Pick up any nukes while you were visiting the axis of evil???)

Answer 8

Drink plenty  of water to flush this out. Also think back if you had grape jucie or any thing purple to drink. It the water does not help consult your Dr.

Answer 9

Purple urine bag syndrome (PUBS) is a rare syndrome associated with alkaline urine and some urinary tract infections, and is more frequently observed in chronically catheterized and constipated women. The urinary catheter drainage system changes colour from red or blue to violet or purple, sometimes with differently coloured tube and bag. The aetiology is still controversial but in the literature researched most authors believe that indigo, which is blue, and indirubin, which is red, are responsible for the colours obtained.

Answer 10

you should go to your doctor and c whats wrong

its probably just something you ate but its better to be safe than sorry

Answer 11

Only time I've ever heard of that happening is through the genetically passed porphyria.

Answer 12

Go to the doctor, that's pretty cool tho.

Answer 13

GO TO A DOCTOR. Probably kidney problems. Go KNOW.

Answer 14

PLEASE GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR.

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full...

http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/article...

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/5650...

Answer 15

celebrate!

Answer 16

your gonna get your balls chopped of or your gonna die

Answer 17

That's interesting....drink it and record any significant changes :P

Answer 18

dude thats sooooo cool!

lol

are you sure its not one of the toilett cleaners that turn your pee colors.

haha and north korea??

how did you escape??

any tips??

Answer 19

They injected you with poison. You will live or die.

Answer 20

Purple discoloration can occur in alkaline urine as a result of the degradation of indoxyl sulfate (indican), a metabolite of dietary tryptophan, into indigo (which is blue) and indirubin (which is red) by bacteria such as Providencia stuartii, Klebsiella pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and enterococcus species. The clinical course is benign, and the urine typically clears with resolution of the bacteriuria and acidification of the urine.

You most likely picked up a bacteria. You need to go to the doctor and get on antibiotics to clear this up.

Answer 21

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full...

Answer 22

um i never heard anything of the sort

it can depend on what u ate

if ur having abdominal pains i suggest seriously going to an hospital

the best thing you can do for your body at the moment is ONLY drink water cuz it helps your kidneys filter

Answer 23

OMG!  Take a sample of it and go to the emergency room. That does not sound good at all..... but it sounds very cool! LOL

Answer 24

This is a very good question and can be equated with possible blood in the urine combined with something you ate which the kidneys and urinary tract would normally cause your urine to be yellowish in color thus creating the purple effect in your urine.

You should consult with a doctor soon. However, he will prescribe a broad spectrum anti-biotic which should clear this up.

Good luck and I hope you get better soon.

Answer 25

It is most probably that you ate beets and it will pass

Answer 26

you ate some food high in barium. this causes a strange kidney condition causing a strange colored urine, usually blue. mixed with blood, it turns purple, meaning you have an infection, possibly renal failure. see your doc. good luck!

Answer 27

somebody poisoned the water hole

Answer 28

doctor.................

Answer 29

Beetes usually make you pee red... thats odd. Ask a doctor or trusted adult. Good luck!

Answer 30

wow purple  that is weird !! to get purple u need the color blue and the color red so red should be ur blood blue maybe a slushy u drank of course color blue or u ate blueberry !!! u should go and see a doc

Answer 31

It's getting late for me.  Luck.