Several things can cause your urine to appear oily, from certain vitamins to underlying conditions that need treatment. If you have diabetes and notice oily urine, contact a healthcare professional.

Urine may smell like sulfur or rotten eggs as a result of eating specific foods or taking certain medications. Underlying conditions can also cause a sulfuric smell in urine. There are many different ...

Urine crystals form when there are too many minerals in a person’s urine. Crystals in urine may cause no symptoms or may include lower back pain and nausea. When there is an excessive buildup of one ...

Urine is one of the freely available substances on the planet. Everyone generates some amount of urine over the course of the day. Because of its abundance, plenty of folk remedies have involved urine ...

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Urine that smells like ammonia may be more concentrated. This may indicate certain health conditions, including dehydration. Why does urine smell? Urine can vary in color — and smell — based on the ...

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Chelsea Wald is a freelance reporter in The Hague, the Netherlands, and the author of Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet. On Gotland, the largest island in Sweden, fresh ...