The phenomenon of red color of urine and stool after eating dragon fruit is usually normal.
Dragon fruit contains beet red pigment, beet red pigment is a natural red pigment, if the human body to eat too much dragon fruit, intake of too much beet red pigment and not fully digested and absorbed, can lead to excreta, such as feces, urine red color of the situation. Usually, in stop eating dragon fruit 2 ~ 3 days after the color of urine and feces can return to normal.
Red stool is also associated with hemorrhoids, gastrointestinal bleeding and other pathological factors; urine red with acute infection of the urinary tract, urinary tract stones, tumors and other pathological factors; in addition, long-term use of aspirin and other drugs can cause urine red, oral rifampicin and other anti-tuberculosis drugs can lead to stool become orange to red, the drug should be used in accordance with medical advice.
Therefore, if you stop eating dragon fruit, and exclude the drug factor, the patient’s stool or urine has been red, should be alert to the existence of the disease, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in a timely manner for treatment.