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- $Title{Green Urine}
- $Subject{urine green ill defined symptoms symptom Genitourinary Chlorophyll
- guaiacol magnesium salicylate thymol infection pseudomonas pyocyanic Methylene
- blue urination infections}
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- Green Urine
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- QUESTION: Please don't laugh at my question. I assure you it really happened
- and almost made me pass out. While passing my water I noticed that my urine
- was definitely a green color. I have no other symptoms, and it only happened
- once more after that but the color was less intense. Do I have anything to
- worry about? Will it happen again?
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- ANSWER: If it has disappeared without any other symptoms or complaints, you
- most probably are out of danger. You probably never had anything too serious
- to worry about anyway. The most common reason for green urine is the result
- of something you have eaten or ingested. Chlorophyll containing breath mints
- when taken in large quantities are a frequent cause. There are a number of
- other substances in common medications that may also provoke a green color;
- guaiacol contained in many cough medicines, magnesium salicylate in Doan's
- Pills, and thymol, an ingredient in Listerine mouth wash. The most serious
- cause of green tinted urine occurs from an infection caused by pseudomonas in
- the urine. The pus may contain a pigment, pyocyanic, which causes the green
- color. Methylene blue used in some medical tests and treatments, when
- combined with the normal yellow color of urine, produces a green color as
- well. Now it's up to you to think back over the circumstances which preceded
- your colorful experience, and try to determine which of these possible causes
- might have been the reason in your case. If you don't repeat the experience,
- your green urine days are over.
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- The material contained here is "FOR INFORMATION ONLY" and should not replace
- the counsel and advice of your personal physician. Promptly consulting your
- doctor is the best path to a quick and successful resolution of any medical
- problem.
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