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I drink 3 litres of water everyday. earlier urine color used to be light yellow ( normal ). from the past 3-4 days, it is bright yellow color. why?

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Urine color: It could be that you have less urine output from fluid retention due to hormonal influences, heat,increased salt intake, sweating,etc. Less urine output causes more concentrated urine which would be more yellow.

Dr Hegab and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 5/8/2018

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