Possibly a sick question?

Question

I am wondering if there are any SERIOUS health hazards involved with urine. I.E. consumption, or getting it on your skin.

Answer 1

my cousin chugged a water bottle of it once in the morning by accident cuz his friend put it in the cup holder of his car to bring to the doctors....and he's fine...so your good.

and your skin...just think about that common sense wise...it comes out of your skin so it couldnt be harmful...plus they put euria in alot of skin care products....like for your face and sh*t...lol

and in an episode of jackass Steve-O dumped a water jug of it on his face after he let jelly fish sting him....cuz it apparently takes the sting away! BOOYAA!

Answer 2

Nope - as long as the "donor" doesn't have a kidney or bladder infection which might spread the infection to the "recipient".

The healthy human kidney is one of the most efficient filters in the world and the result is that, although we usually think of urine as a "waste product" and therefore "dirty", it is in fact usually very clean and sterile.

Some African tribes used fresh urine to wash wounds and as an eye-wash because it was far more sterile than the available "fresh" water and in an emergency or survival situation I would still recommend bathing a wound in urine rather than say, suspect water (unless the water is boiled).

The consumption of urine (in small amounts) is actually regarded by some as beneficial. Although I don't think there is much evidence for this, it certainly isn't harmful - the classic stories of shipwrecked sailors drinking their own urine for survival do hold a fair degree of truth.

In larger amounts urine tends to act as an emetic (i.e. it makes you throw up). This is because it often contains a fair amount of salt and ammonia-related chemicals. But that is about as serious as any health hazard is likely to be.

There is no danger in getting urine on your skin. Remember that urine has just been in your delicate insides without harming you, so it's not going to harm your relatively tough skin. The only danger is in not washing it off... because it will start to smell!

Answer 3

Urine is sterile until it leaves the body though this doesn't mean you should be drinking it . I don't even want to know how or why you would want to be consuming it in the first place unless you are into water sports and you into that sort of thing .

Answer 4

Yup, Really sick question.

But, allot of hypochondriac's when they get sick will inject there urine back into themselves so they can stay sick.
I had a Dr tell me that and I thought "what a twisted world we live-in".
And yes if someone is ill, it can be transferred if there urine comes in contact with your skin.

Answer 5

Soldiers have been known to consume it to survive without water.

As long as the indivisual is healthy, I don't see it as dangerous. I knew a really weird family growing up that never flushed their toilet to save water and believed that uric acid was good for acne... Needless to say, I never visited their home and never shook hands with them... GROSS!

Why do you ask? Have a little accident during a golden shower? Lol...

Answer 6

Possibly but I've seen people drink it. Also one time a friend cut himself in the woods and he urinated the would so it wouldn't infect. I think he's crazy!!!

Answer 7

urine is actually quite good for your skin, in as much as it encourages the skin to heal itself.
what would be the point of drinking something your body has already decided is waste?

Answer 8

Nope

Answer 9

No. In fact, unless you have an infection urine is sterile.

Answer 10

as far as i know theres no serious stuff you can get from urine