Urine
Urine is the waste product secreted by the kidneys that in mammals is a yellow to amber-colored, slightly acidic fluid discharged from the body through the urethra.[1]
Urine contains a microbiome with normal low levels of bacteria with up to 33 types found, so it is not considered to be a sterile liquid.[2]
Diabetic males may have sugar in their urine. The sugar makes yeast balanitis more likely.
Urine may be used to flush out the preputial sac when the foreskin does not retract. Some foreskinned men worry about having urine inside the foreskin, however their concern is misplaced. The epithelium of the tissue inside the preputial sac is mucosa, which designed by nature to tolerate a moist environment.
Urine inside an infant's diaper (nappy) may become ammonia. If the infant is a circumcised boy, who has been deprived of the protection of his foreskin, then the ammonia may attack the meatus and cause meatitis or worse, meatal stenosis, which requires a second operation to open the urethra.
External links
- Urine[WP]
References
- Jump up ↑
(2016). Urine
, The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 26 December 2021. - Jump up ↑
Engelhaupt, Erxka (22 May 2014)."Urine is not sterile, and neither is the rest of you", ScienceNews. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
