{"id":221,"date":"2020-02-20T17:07:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=221"},"modified":"2020-02-20T17:07:36","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T17:07:36","slug":"what-color-is-urine-when-your-kidneys-are-failing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-color-is-urine-when-your-kidneys-are-failing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"What color is urine when your kidneys are failing?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> Why this happens:\u00a0<strong>Kidneys<\/strong>\u00a0make\u00a0<strong>urine<\/strong>, so when\u00a0<strong>the kidneys are failing<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>the urine<\/strong>\u00a0may change. How? You may urinate less often, or in smaller amounts than usual, with\u00a0<strong>dark-colored urine<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Symptoms of kidney faailing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A kidney stone may not cause symptoms until it moves around within your kidney or passes into your ureter \u2014 the tube connecting the kidney and bladder. At that point, you may experience these signs and symptoms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Severe pain in the side and back, below the ribs<\/li><li>Pain that radiates to the lower abdomen and groin<\/li><li>Pain that comes in waves and fluctuates in intensity<\/li><li>Pain on urination<\/li><li>Pink, red or brown urine<\/li><li>Cloudy or foul-smelling urine<\/li><li>Nausea and vomiting<\/li><li>Persistent need to urinate<\/li><li>Urinating more often than usual<\/li><li>Fever and chills if an infection is present<\/li><li>Urinating small amounts<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pain caused by a kidney stone may change \u2014 for instance, shifting to a different location or increasing in intensity \u2014 as the stone moves through your urinary tract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why this happens:\u00a0Kidneys\u00a0make\u00a0urine, so when\u00a0the kidneys are failing,\u00a0the urine\u00a0may change. How? You may urinate less often, or in smaller amounts than usual, with\u00a0dark-colored urine. Symptoms of kidney faailing A kidney stone may not cause symptoms until it moves around within your kidney or passes into your ureter \u2014 the tube connecting the kidney and bladder.\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/what-color-is-urine-when-your-kidneys-are-failing-2\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}