Red and short urine is defined as a small amount of urine each time with yellowish and reddish color.
Urine redness and shortness, or short and red urine, is a Chinese medical term. Most of the patients will also combine with urinary tract symptoms such as frequent urination, urinary urgency, hematuria, and painful urination. It is often caused by improper diet, urinary tract infection, urethral stones and so on.
1. Improper diet: If you eat too much spicy and stimulating food, or drink too little water, due to excessive heat production, water loss, so it will lead to urine production is too small, resulting in short red urine.
2. Urinary tract infection: refers to pathogenic microorganisms infecting the urinary tract caused by the disease, because the urine contains a certain amount of inflammatory secretions, so it will also cause short urine, can be combined with frequent urination, urinary urgency, urinary pain, and even hematuria and other symptoms.
3. Urethral calculi: mostly caused by stones embedded in the urethra, mainly manifested as waiting for urination, urination effort, thin urine stream, but a few patients will also have the symptoms of short and red urine.
If the above symptoms occur, it is recommended to seek medical treatment as soon as possible to avoid adverse consequences.