Smelly Urine

[bitterman]

Every morning for the past two months my urine in the mornning smells very strong.  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?

[stinky411]

A related discussion, Bad odors after 2 showers a day was started.

[michelle10555]

I've been having same symptoms.  Have your symptoms persisted or have you found any cause?

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the forum!
Generally bad odor is due to infection, mainly by E coli. This can be diagnosed by urine culture. Strong fruity odor is due to uncontrolled diabetes. Interestingly urine odor changes in menopause too (in ladies). Urinary bladder infection and kidney infections do produce strong smelling urine. Another reason is dehydration. Strong ammonia smell is due to protein breakdown.
Drink more water during the day and see if this helps. Otherwise discuss this with your doctor and get yourself examined.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!