你的尿液揭示了什么？：英语精读讲义

You produce between 2 to 3 pints of urine every day, 語法

你每天会产生2到3品脱的尿液，

but most of us still pay little attention to our liquid waste. 短語搭配

但我们大多数人仍很少关注这些液体废物。

So,

那么，

what does your pee say about you? 習語

你的尿液透露了你的哪些信息？

And could it be a clear indicator of your body's overall health?

它能否清楚反映你的整体健康状况？

Before you pee,

在你排尿之前，

the kidneys filter water-soluble waste by absorbing the nutrients it needs to keep like sugar back into your body 語法

肾脏会过滤水溶性废物，把糖等身体需要保留的营养物质重新吸收到体内，

and getting rid of the things your body doesn't want like toxins. 短語動詞

并排出毒素等身体不需要的东西。

The liquid waste then flows to your bladder

随后，液体废物会流入膀胱，

where it's stored until eventually being peed out.

储存在那里，直到最终被排出。

If your urine is brown,

如果你的尿液呈棕色，

it could be from eating a lot of rhubarb, 語法

可能是因为吃了很多大黄、

fava beans,

蚕豆

or aloe.

或芦荟。

It's also a side effect of some medications such as laxatives, 短語搭配

这也可能是某些药物的副作用，比如泻药、

muscle relaxants,

肌肉松弛剂

and antibiotics.

和抗生素。

More seriously, 表達脈絡

更严重的是，

it can be a sign of liver disorder or kidney disease.

这可能是肝脏疾病或肾脏疾病的征兆。

If you're seeing purple,

如果你看到的是紫色尿液，

you may be suffering from a rare inherited disorder known as porphyria. 短語搭配

你可能患有一种名为卟啉病的罕见遗传性疾病。

Porphyrias cause your body to be deficient in the enzymes which produce heme, 講解

卟啉病会使人体缺乏生成血红素所需的酶，

an essential part of red blood cells.

而血红素是红细胞的重要组成部分。

Green urine?

绿色尿液呢？

It could be from a new medication or vitamin.

可能是新服用的药物或维生素造成的。

Some green food dyes don't get absorbed by your body and can be excreted in your urine. 語法

有些绿色食用色素不会被人体吸收，可能随尿液排出。

So,

所以，

a green stream is not always something to be alarmed about, 語氣意圖

尿液呈绿色并不总是值得惊慌，

especially after St. Patrick's Day. 文化背景

尤其是在圣帕特里克节之后。

If your urine is blue,

如果尿液呈蓝色，

you likely have familial hypercalcemia, 用詞

你很可能患有家族性高钙血症，

an inherited disorder found in children

这是一种见于儿童的遗传性疾病，

which is caused by excess calcium in the blood,

成因是血液中的钙含量过高，

also known as blue diaper syndrome. 短語搭配

又称蓝尿布综合征。

Some medications have methylene blue in them

有些药物含有亚甲蓝，

which can also cause urine to turn blue or green. 語法

也会让尿液变成蓝色或绿色。

If it's pink or red,

如果尿液呈粉红色或红色，

there may be blood in your urine.

里面可能带血。

This can be due to a variety of conditions 短語搭配

这可能由多种健康问题引起，

from an enlarged prostate,

比如前列腺肥大、

bladder cancer,

膀胱癌，

or even chronic lead poisoning.

甚至慢性铅中毒。

But red urine can also be caused by different types of medications

不过，尿液变红也可能由不同药物引起，

or from eating richly colored foods like beets and blackberries.

或是因为吃了甜菜、黑莓等颜色浓郁的食物。

In fact,

事实上，

beeturia is the technical term for peeing pink after eating too many beets. 短語搭配

吃太多甜菜后尿液变粉红，在医学上称为“甜菜尿症”。

If your urine is orange,

如果尿液呈橙色，

it could be from eating excessive amounts of food 短語搭配

可能是因为吃了过多

containing high levels of vitamin C or carotene such as carrots.

富含维生素C或胡萝卜素的食物，比如胡萝卜。

It's also caused by drugs like a painkiller called Pyridium 語法

一种名为Pyridium的止痛药也会造成这种情况，

given to people with urinary tract infections

这种药用于尿路感染患者，

which turns urine bright orange.

会使尿液变成鲜橙色。

Now,

那么，

normally urine should be a shade of yellow 短語搭配

正常情况下，尿液应该呈黄色，

and it gets this yellow color from the pigment of your urobilin,

这种黄色来自尿胆素这种色素，

which is a product of the breakdown of heme, 短語搭配

它是血红素分解后的产物，

an essential part of your blood.

而血红素是血液的重要组成部分。

Depending on how much water you have in your body, 語法

根据你体内的水分多少，

your urine will either be diluted or concentrated with urobilin. 語法

尿液中的尿胆素会被稀释或浓缩。

Honey-colored?

蜂蜜色？

It means your body has reabsorbed a lot of water to keep you hydrated,

这意味着你的身体为了维持体内水分而重新吸收了大量水分，

so now there's a higher concentration of urobilin in your urine,

因此尿液中的尿胆素浓度变高，

making your pee appear amber-colored. 語法

让尿液呈现琥珀色。

You should probably drink some water right now. 語氣意圖

你现在或许该喝点水了。

If it's dark yellow,

如果是深黄色，

this is normal,

这属于正常情况，

but there's still more urobilin,

但尿胆素浓度还是偏高，

so you'll want to drink water soon.

所以你最好尽快喝水。

No color at all means you've been drinking a lot of water. 語法

完全没有颜色，说明你喝了很多水。

It could also mean you have consumed caffeine or alcohol

也可能说明你摄入了咖啡因或酒精，

which inhibits the ability for your body to reabsorb liquid in the kidney,

它们会抑制身体在肾脏中重新吸收液体的能力，

meaning you pee out way more water. 講解

让你排出多得多的水。

If you're looking at transparent yellow,

如果尿液是清澈的黄色，

you're normal and healthily hydrated.

说明一切正常，而且你的身体水分充足。

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