strong smell of ammonia in urine

It seems that the smell of urine is a strong indicator for diabetics, the ammonia smell in a diabetic is usually due to dehydration, so yes not drinking enough can be the reason for your urine smelling like ammonia. There are other causes too, and i would hope that it wasn't just assumed to be because you have diabetes and that you have had tests to rule them out eg urinary track infection. This lists common causes http://www.buzzle.com/articles/ammonia-smelling-urine-in-women.

If the liver is decompromised it cannot metabolize the waste products hence there is an elevation of blood ammonia levels resulting in increased excretion in the urine. Also, increased levels of ammonia may also be seen with gastrointestinal bleeding, where the blood cells are haemolysed in the intestines, releasing protein. Please discuss this with your doctor am sure he will provide further assistance. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

Hi Thanks for writing to the forum! The smell of ammonia in the urine comes from "urea". Bacteria that contaminate the urine will convert chemicals in the urine into smelling chemicals that are responsible for the distinctive smell, such as ammonia. You can give his urine sample for testing. With a kidney stone chances of infection are high. Some foods like proteins cause the excretion of nitrogen compounds (ammonia and urea). Hence these foods can be reduced in diet.

Lately when I urinate, it smells very strongly, but not of ammonia or of any of the other common complaints; more like animal urine (a very strong urine smell). I drink a lot of water, urinate regularly, and have no other symptoms. What could this be, should I be worried?

The smell is almost similar to the smell of stale urine. You know that smell when urine sits for awhile.. kinda like that. And it's only really strong in the morning. It doesn't hurt to pee or anything... so should I be worried?

Urinary bladder infection and kidney infections do produce strong smelling urine. Another reason is dehydration. Strong ammonia smell is due to protein breakdown. Please discuss this with your doctor. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

s water supply may use a lot of ammonia or bleach to purify it. In my town, they use so much you can smell it right out of the tap. When you intake this, it is filtered out through the kidneys and down the urinary tract during urination, but your body will find other ways of getting it out too, like sweating or during ejaculation. Drinking bottled water should prevent this, if that's the case with your husband.

Lately when I urinate, it smells very strongly, but not of ammonia or of any of the other common complaints; more like animal urine (a very strong urine smell). I drink a lot of water, urinate regularly, and have no other symptoms. What could this be, should I be worried?

Apparently urine smell in the sweat is caused by too much protein - sounds like you should try reducing your protein intake and increasing your carbohydrates. Here's an article that might help. http://health.howstuffworks.com/skin-care/information/nutrition/ammonia-sweat-smell.

i lay in the bed and it hits me in the face really strong. y co workers complain of a strong urine smell coming from me. I have secluded myself to y home cause everywhere i go people say i smell like urine. i went to the car the other day and when i reached my arm to open the door the smell hit e in the face again. when i go near trash the smell gets worse. i wear 100% cotton panties, shirts. breathable clothing no matter what the smell is there.

Urinary bladder infection and kidney infections do produce strong smelling urine. Another reason is dehydration. Strong ammonia smell is due to protein breakdown. I would strongly recommend you to see an urologist. It is difficult to comment beyond this at this stage. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

First of all, proteus can decompose urea to produce ammonia. We have all heard the smell of ammonia. The smell of urine in the toilet is the smell of ammonia. Therefore, the urine odor of PATM patients is produced by Proteus. In addition, proteus produces indole and hydrogen sulfide in our intestines. Indole is another name for faecal odor. The reason why feces stink is because of the high concentration of indole in feces. The fecal odor of PATM patients is produced by Proteus.

Urinary bladder infection and kidney infections do produce strong smelling urine. Another reason is dehydration. Strong ammonia smell is due to protein breakdown. With increased frequency of urine UTI, bladder infection and diabetes have to be ruled out. Please discuss this with your doctor. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!

So, I would guess strong vinegar is more related to urine which has ammonia in it. Maybe you leaked a little urine or it was hard wiping it away with your period?

My urine has a very very strong ammonia smell and my vaginally gets a dead animal smell i don't have std never have I'm not on birth control i did suffer from chronic urinary.

t know if this will help but I would try using a biological washing powder on the carpet - I know it works with animals where the ammonia smell is really strong so perhaps it might help on human urine. With regard to a health risk I would assume not (although don't quote me).

So, a bit of TMI. I'm 8wks with my first and am noticing a strong ammonia smell when I use the bathroom and my belly is pretty hard and bloated. Anyone else experienced this? I plan to call my Dr tomorrow and also have an appt for my first ultrasound on Friday. Hoping I just need to drink more water but def really worried until I can see a Dr.

OSHA has limits of something like 25 ppm for people working in industry, apparently over that amount of ammonia in the air is bad for the lungs. As they were talking, the meter went over 25, then over 40, then over 60, then I think it stopped in the 70s or 80s. And the people were all standing and talking in the room, so it is not like they would automatically keel over or anything.

I have that ammonia smell too and some wetness on my pantyliners. This is something new that just started happening to me. I did a search, which I shouldn't have done because it said a fistula! This sometimes can happen after a hysterectomy. I will be calling my doctor tomorrow if I still have it today. Madge reassured me that it could also be the stitches dissolving, which makes sense. hcora - have you had your hysterectomy yet?

The smell of your urine doesnt have to do with the pregnancy . If your urine smells like that you should get it checked out it might be an infection.

I think I started this post just to ask if he would excrete ammonia in his urine if his levels were high; it's beginning to appear to me that this is the case. Any idea if this is an early or later sign of the progression of this disease? Without him agreeing to see the doctor, I have to depend on the knowledge of others.

Am waiting for an ultrasound to determine whether I have a kidney stone or fibroidsa(due to occasional spotting after intercourse), however the last couple of days the abdominal pain has worsened and I now have an ammonia-like smell in my urine. Could the original thought of kidney stones be the right one?? I can't see where fibroids would affect the smell of my urine. There is no pain with the urination or discolor to the urine. Still have the back pain as well.

The ammonia smell is in my nose and nowhere else, not not urine, not my skin, Its strange. And I drink 8 - 10 glasses of water a day.

Strong smell of ammonia in urine

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