Question 1

what makes urine smell sweet?

Accepted Answer

Ketones: Ketones in the urine can cause a characteristic sweet odor. This can be seen in severe diabetes or low carbohydrate diets. It is the result of fat metabolism. See your doctor to make sure what is going on.

Question 2

is glucose making my urine smell sweet?

Accepted Answer

Not likely: Try drinking more water and to dilute your urine. You may test your urine for glucose, or better yet have you fasting blood tested for glucose level. See this site for more info.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007298.htm.

Question 3

can symptoms of nondiabetic renal glycosuria happen only in the evening? (invert sleep cycle too) see nephrologist soon, +ketostix urine=sweet smell

Accepted Answer

This doesn't add up: Non-diabetic renal glycosuria (i.e., the kidney spills glucose despite normal blood levels) doesn't produce symptoms. Urine odor doesn't reflect glucose levels at all reliably. Ketostix often yield +1 for no reason, or because you're hungry. With dysautonomia and gastroparesis, is there perhaps a misunderstanding, with diabetes a possibility? You have a right to full information.

Question 4

can aloevera juice or apple cider vinager make your urine smell? does not smell like ammonia, nor sweet , just odd "off" smell also have gerd. it is normal pale yellow color no particles not cloudy..

Accepted Answer

Urine odor: Yes the products can give an odor to your urine and it does not mean that you have a problem.

Question 5

why my urine smell bad?

Accepted Answer

Normal: Urine does have a bad odor to it. When it's concentrated, it's even worse.

Question 6

why do my urine smell a lot?

Accepted Answer

Infection?: IS it something new?
any fevers along with it?
can be a urinary tract infection, you might need to go to a clinic to get urine tested.

Question 7

why does my urine smell sour ?

Accepted Answer

Depends on what you: Eat. Certain foods could change the pH and even the smell of your urine. If you have any other symptoms such as pain with urination or increased urge to urinate you could have a urinary tract infection.

Question 8

why does my urine smell like metal?

Accepted Answer

Check what you ate: Usually it is due to food intake. For instance, asparagus could change smell of urine among other reasons like onion and garlic. Also, some medicines cause urine smell change like penicillin. Explore more the details of your intake.

Question 9

why does my urine smell like onions?

Accepted Answer

UTI : Either you are eating too many onions or you have uti.

Question 10

why does my urine smell like butter?

Accepted Answer

Diet: It is very common to have changes in the odor of urine as a result of what you eat - some foods causes very distinct odors!  there are specific medical conditions that can cause changes in the odor of urine (for example, diabetics out of control will have an odor of ketones in their urine).  I don't know of any medical condition causing the odor of butter in urine.

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