[teeituptom]

Ive done this for a long long time now. And for the first time in a long time I saw someting new. A mother had brought her teenage daughter in for drinking her own urine.The pt had no c/os other than her mother bringing her into the ER for eval.
Apparently there are some alledged health benefits to this, but the thought just boggles my mind.I hope this isnt some new trend out there

[txspadequeen921]

My mother always told me if I get stranded for a long period of time... Not in traffic or anything I could drink my own urine to prevent dehydration.... I dont plan on getting stranded

Originally Posted by teeituptom

Ive done this for a long long time now. And for the first time in a long time I saw someting new. A mother had brought her teenage daughter in for drinking her own urine.The pt had no c/os other than her mother bringing her into the ER for eval.
Apparently there are some alledged health benefits to this, but the thought just boggles my mind.I hope this isnt some new trend out there

[Lisa CCU RN]

Originally Posted by teeituptom

Ive done this for a long long time now. And for the first time in a long time I saw someting new. A mother had brought her teenage daughter in for drinking her own urine.The pt had no c/os other than her mother bringing her into the ER for eval.
Apparently there are some alledged health benefits to this, but the thought just boggles my mind.I hope this isnt some new trend out there

eww. What possible health benefits? Now my grandmother says washing your face in your own urine will clear you skin up, but I'd never drink it, if it came out it's meant to be out for a reason.

[Lisa CCU RN]

Originally Posted by txspadequeen921

My mother always told me if I get stranded for a long period of time... Not in traffic or anything I could drink my own urine to prevent dehydration.... I dont plan on getting stranded

but woudn't your body eventually stop making urine if you were already dehydrated?

[Aneroo]

Ewwie. I've always heard to put urine in an ear to help cure an ear infection. A z-pack will do me just fine, thanks!!!

[unknown99]

All I can say is:


EWWWW!!!!!!!!

[michelle126]

many facial products have urea listed in it. It is a deriviative of animal urine. That is the only connection I could see.

Isn't urine poisonous to drink?

[luv2quilt]

Originally Posted by michelle126

many facial products have urea listed in it. It is a deriviative of animal urine. That is the only connection I could see.

Isn't urine poisonous to drink?

OMG is that really true about urea? I am cleaning out my bathroom!

[Darlene K.]

Originally Posted by sagarcia210

All I can say is:


EWWWW!!!!!!!!

I'll second that barf! This filled with urine can lead to this

[momof3heathens]

Believe it or not, we got into a big discussion about this in A&P...my prof started it by giving us this weird visual of a chef in the kidneys "cooking" up urine...I forget what the original point was, but then somebody brought up drinking your urine if stranded, etc. She said (prof) that yes, you can do that, and its perfectly safe (since urine is sterile) but you couldn't let it sit around, cause it will start developing nasty bacteria within just a few minutes of voiding...