Brick meal sediment

The brick dust sediment (also brick dust , medically correct Sedimentum lateritium ) is a urine sediment that is particularly noticeable among the different red colored urines ( Urina flammea ) due to its characteristic brick red color . It is amorphous crystals of uric acid (urate), at the surface of the dye Uroerythrin (chemically: Tripyrol ) was absorbed. With the addition of alkalis or heating, the crystals go into solution again.

This sediment is of no diagnostic significance. It is produced when the urine cools down and disappears again when it is heated above 37 ° C. The phenomenon can also occur in newborns, but is harmless here too.

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