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Health Encyclopedia: Urinalysis
Urine appearance and color; Routine urine test
What the risks are
There are no risks.
Special considerations
If a home test is used, the person reading the results must not have impaired color vision, as the results are interpreted using a color chart.
Some drugs change the color of urine, but this does not indicate disease. Some of these are chloroquine, iron supplements, levodopa, nitrofurantoin, phenazopyridine, phenothiazines,...
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