UCPPS - Prostatitis, Interstitial Cystitis Forum

Did anyone notice a color change in their urine since they have chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome ? I used to have mostly clear urine all the time but since I've got these symptoms it is always yellowish. Obviously nothing was found in my 3 urine tests/ultrasounds over the last months.

my doctors insist that if they find no infection, then urine colour indicates only your level of hydration. If your pee has a dark yellow, orangeish tinge to it, then it's probably been sitting in there awhile. My pee is often this darkish colour which means I'm probably not drinking enough water.

No my case.

I have years and years of looking at my wee color and since I got chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome this is much more yellow. I still eat the same food, I still drink the same amount of water. I can't see why the color yould change except because of something related to CPPS.

The color could indicate blood in the urine (dark, rust-colored, or brown urine).

I have had the same symptom, along with blood tests that show inflammation in my body and a chronic, very mild (borderline) neutropenia. These test results were consistent for many years, but the neutropenia has eased a little in the last 3-5 years.

rational wrote:No my case.

I have years and years of looking at my wee color and since I got chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome this is much more yellow. I still eat the same food, I still drink the same amount of water. I can't see why the color yould change except because of something related to CPPS.

do you drink the recommended 8 glasses of 8 ounce water a day, plus some juice and milk? Some people's kidneys work harder or less harder than others. Drink significantly more water and you'll probably notice the colour become less yellow and more clear. I often had orangeish pee so I started drinking 3 or 4 more glasses of water than I usually did as well as cutting down on caffiene. I pee maybe one or two more times a day than I used to but the funny colour and foul smell are mainly gone.

rational wrote:Did anyone notice a color change in their urine since they have chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome ? I used to have mostly clear urine all the time but since I've got these symptoms it is always yellowish. Obviously nothing was found in my 3 urine tests/ultrasounds over the last months.

My pee has certainly been a lot more yellow since I got chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome 4-5 years ago.

I've noticed that if I havent gone to the bathroom for a while that my urine tends to be a darker tint of yellow. When my symptoms are flarign up then my urine has a more cloudy colour to it. When I am having a good day there is nothing out of the ordinary in colour.

Pretty much the same for me. It appears to me that the color is related to the level of pain in my case. I'm wondering if the mechanism that breaks down bilirubin is affected by the tension and which one come first, the pain that deregulates the breakdown or the high level of bilirubin that gives pain in bladder/ureta ?

I've also watched this closely. My urine is generally tinted heavily all of the time, unless I drink a 8 or more glasses of fluids. I am told this is normal. When I give a urine sample, my doctor complains to me that I am not drinking enough fluids.

Before CPPS, I would drink 12 to 14 glasses of water or tea a day, but I stopped this behavior once the chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome started.

Just of note: If you experience _extremely_ dark urine (if it is a dark brown color. (orangey is not dark enough)) in correlation with very strong pelvic pain, you should see your doctor about rhabdomyolysis. This is the breakdown of muscle tissue. When it happens periodically, it is often caused by _extremely rare_ genetic diseases of muscle metabolism.

These diseases are _extremely_ rare compared with CPPS, and I doubt anyone with chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome has such a disease as its cause, such as porphiria or some forms of glucogenic disorder. But just in case anyone here has such a symptom, from one layman to another, see your doctor.