I saw something new and scary

[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

[mandykal, ADN, RN]

I don't know about drinking peepee but.....in a little Island in the pacific.....if a person gets stung by a jelly fish, they put urine on the site to stop the pain. Don't ask me how it works, its just a remedy.

[pricklypear]

Lots of animals eat feces. There's still a lot of nutrition left.

And, as someone pointed out, Premarin is made from horse urine.:beer:

There is? Animals (primarily dogs) eat their own feces for other reasons than nutrition. Usually because they've been raised in a cage or kennel and eating the feces was preferable to lying in it.

Premarin is made from the HORMONE which is extracted from horse urine. It's not horse urine in tablet form.

[SweetOldWorld, BSN, RN]

Rabbits eat their own feces. Dogs eat feces from other animals too, so it's not just the kennel theory of cleanliness that explains the behavior.

[SweetOldWorld, BSN, RN]

Forgot to mention that human excrement is used as fertilizer in some places. Not that I'm recommending the practice, mind you. But yes, there is nutrition in feces, else why would it be used as fertilizer?

[Shamira Aizza]

I prefer to view urine as the waste product that it is. If it were useful to the body, it wouldn't be eliminated.

[Always Learning, RN]

I don't know about drinking peepee but.....in a little Island in the pacific.....if a person gets stung by a jelly fish, they put urine on the site to stop the pain. Don't ask me how it works, its just a remedy.

Not just in the pacific, in biology they told us that urine, preferably male, would lessen the pain of a jelly fish sting. I had heard this for years from my SCUBA certified family but thought bogus until school.

When a jelly stings it leaves a bit of its tenticle on the skin surface, not all of it's stinging cells, cnidocytes, are triggered, and some are deposited on the skin still capable of causing a sting. If you were to touch these cells or pour water, especially fresh water, onto the affected area, these cells will discharge and cause further venom to be injected. However urine, especially male urine as it is more sterile, will chemically neutralize the cells and prevent them from discharging and causing further stinging. Then you use sand to remove the residue from the skin.

It does not stop the pain that has already occured, but it prevents further stinging. My family and I love the water and suffer frequent jelly stings , It works! We were aslo taught that household amonia works just as well, having girls we prefer to keep amonia in the boat for jelly attacks but in a pinch, pee will do.

[pricklypear]

Forgot to mention that human excrement is used as fertilizer in some places. Not that I'm recommending the practice, mind you. But yes, there is nutrition in feces, else why would it be used as fertilizer?

Nutrition for crops is not the same nutrition a human body needs to function. So, just because something may or may not be used as fertilizer does not mean it is nutritious to the animal who eliminated it. :)

[LilPeanut, MSN, RN, NP]

I can't believe I'm replying to this topic *LOL*

But a lot of what is excreted in urine is just excess water. You'd probably have a couple of cycles before you got to the point where there wasn't any water left in the urine.

Let's hope no one gets to that point *L*

[truern]

http://www.wfmu.org/LCD/19/urine.html

I'll let ya'll be the guinea pigs....report back with the results, k??:rotfl:

[DutchgirlRN, ASN, RN]

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?

Urine is sterile when it comes out, unless you have a UTI. I've heard the drink your own urine theory if you're stranded and don't want to get dehydrated. I don't know that I could do it, hope I never have to make that decision. Fear Factor makes me truely nauseaous!

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

Crime Scene Investigation.....One of those TV shows with series

I dont watch TV except for the Golf Channel some

[teeituptom, BSN, RN]

I don't know about drinking peepee but.....in a little Island in the pacific.....if a person gets stung by a jelly fish, they put urine on the site to stop the pain. Don't ask me how it works, its just a remedy.

Thats accepted first aid practice for Potugese Man of War stings. very common in fla. Very painfull. The acidity of Urine negates the stinging stuff.

Remember a surfer who fell into one welts all over a dozen guys or so standing around peeing on him, actually alleviated his symptoms. Have seen that many times in Fla beaches