The Pee Book

Name: The Pee Book
ISBN: 9787564019990

关勇Beijing Institute of Technology Press2009

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ISBN: 9787564019990

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Summary

The Pee Book is a popular health science book. The author, Guan Yong, uses a light, illustrated style to treat the most easily overlooked daily act, urination, as a window onto the body. The book begins with how urine is produced: how the kidneys filter it, how male and female urination differ physiologically, and what normal urine should look like—clear, with a pale lemon color. On this basis, the book devotes substantial space to "diagnosing by urine color": what different colors may indicate about the body and the influence of diet and medication—colorless, white, yellow, brown (soy-sauce colored), red (blood urine), blue, green, and black urine—and extends to what urine odor (foul, sulfurous, sweet-fruity, caramel, and so on) reveals. Beyond "diagnosing," the book also discusses urination and health maintenance: how to keep urine clear, why one should not hold it in, and why tension makes one want to urinate; it also explains how to read indicators such as urine specific gravity on a routine urinalysis report, children's urinary self-care, bedwetting, and the Chinese-Western differences in "holding the baby out to urinate," as well as dietary care for common family issues such as nocturia, frequent urination, incontinence, urinary stones, and infections in the elderly. The end of the book collects many anecdotes related to urine, making this popular science book both practical and readable. Advocating "daily self-check," the book emphasizes that urine color and odor are the most direct warning signals of health, but it is a reference at the level of everyday common sense and cannot replace proper medical examinations and a doctor's diagnosis.

Editor's review

很多人对身体发出的信号视而不见，偏偏“小便”是最不必花钱、每天都能看到的体检窗口。这本书的好处，是把“尿液颜色辨病”这件听起来专业的事讲得极通俗：无色、白色、黄色、酱油色、红色、蓝色、绿色、黑色，一色一节，先讲可能的病理原因，也提醒读者注意甜菜、维生素B、某些药物等非疾病因素造成的“假警报”，避免看到尿变红就惊慌。作者关勇行文带点痞气与幽默，配以漫画式的表达，读起来毫不枯燥；除辨色辨味，还顺手把憋尿、紧张想上厕所、夜尿、尿频、尿失禁、尿路结石饮食这些家庭常遇的排尿问题一并说清，并教读者初步看懂尿常规里的尿比重。它更像一本“方便时翻两页”的健康常识手册，适合放在卫生间或床头随手翻。需要提醒的是，书中个别内容（如捏小指通尿、提壶揭盖等）属于经验性说法，读者应把它当作提醒自己关注身体的入门读物，而非诊疗依据；真有血尿、泡沫尿久不消、排尿疼痛等情况，仍应及时就医。

Who it's for

A good fit for

关注日常健康、希望学会简单自查的普通家庭读者
中老年人及其子女，想了解夜尿、尿频、尿失禁等常见问题
对中医“望小便辨证”与症状辨病感兴趣的养生爱好者
需要轻松入门尿液常规与化验单常识的初学者

Not a good fit for

已出现明显血尿、剧痛等症状、想据此自我诊断的患者
希望获得严谨临床检验医学或诊疗指南的专业医务人员
偏好严肃学术体例、不喜漫画与调侃文风的读者

Reading tips

先读“尿液颜色辨病”与“尿的气味”两章，记住正常尿液的基准色，再对照自身情况
看到颜色异常时先回想当天饮食与用药，排除食物、药物干扰后再判断是否需要就医
把书中关于尿频、夜尿、泡沫尿的条目当作提示清单，症状持续一周以上就去医院查尿常规
书中经验性偏方仅作了解，不要照做替代正规检查与治疗

About the publisher

Beijing Institute of Technology Press China · Founded in 1985

Founded in 1985, Beijing Institute of Technology Press has developed a strong presence in foreign literature, inspirational growth, science fiction, and management books. The press is known for authoritative bilingual editions of classics by authors such as Frances Hodgson Burnett and Jack London. It also publishes Wang Jinkang's selected science fiction, practical works by Chesterfield and Claude Hopkins, and titles in Adler's social psychology and essay collections. With translators and writers including Wang Xiuli and Zhang Xiaomo, the press combines retranslated classics with accessible new knowledge.

Preface
What Urine Is Called
Where Does Urine Come From?
How Men and Women Differ in Urination
Reading Health from Urine Color
Urochrome
Healthy Urine (Clear with a Pale Lemon Tint)
Colorless Urine
White Urine
Yellow Urine
Brown Urine (Soy-Sauce Color)
Red Urine (Blood in the Urine)
Blue Urine
Green Urine
Black Urine
The Smell of Urine
A Foul Odor
The Smell of Burning Sulfur
A Sweet, Fruity Smell
A Caramel Smell
Unusual Odors (Addendum)
Using Urine to Stay Healthy
Four Keys to Keeping Urine Clear
Do Not Hold It In
Do Not Strain to Urinate
Why Do We Need to Pee When We Are Nervous?
Common Questions About Urine
Reading a Lab Report
Urine Specific Gravity
Boys and Girls
Why Do Boys Have a Penis for Peeing and Girls Do Not?
Why Does a Boy's Penis Sometimes Look Bigger and Sometimes Smaller?
Babies and Toilet Independence
The East-West Divide Over "Holding Babies Out to Pee"
A Baby's Urine Output Chart
Bed-Wetting
What Pain, Frequency, and Urgency Reveal About Illness
A Weak Stream
A Split Stream
Frothy Urine

FAQ

这本书就是“尿液颜色辨病法”吗？

“尿液颜色辨病法”在网络与电子书合集中常被用作章节或篇目名，其内容多源自《小便书》中“尿液颜色辨病”一节及同类健康科普文章。若你要找成体系的纸质读物，关勇编著、北京理工大学出版社2009年出版的《小便书》是这些内容的主要出处。

尿液颜色异常一定说明有病吗？

不一定。饮水多少、出汗、食用甜菜或胡萝卜、服用维生素B族、大黄、某些抗生素等都会改变尿色。书中强调先排除饮食与药物因素，若在正常饮水情况下尿色持续异常，或伴疼痛、发热、泡沫久不消散，才应尽快就医检查。

书中说的“酱油色尿”提示什么？

棕褐或酱油色尿可能与血红蛋白尿、肌红蛋白尿、严重烧伤、溶血性疾病、急性肾炎或肝胆问题有关，也可能与剧烈运动后或某些药物相关。这属于需要尽快就医排查的信号，不应自行判断。

这本书能代替去医院检查吗？

不能。它属于大众健康科普，帮助读者建立观察习惯和就医意识。尿常规、尿沉渣、影像学等检查以及医生判断才是诊断依据，书中内容仅供日常参考。

书里的中医说法可靠吗？

书中部分内容借用了中医“望小便色、质、量、气味以辨证”的传统思路，可作为文化与传统养生知识了解；其中个别经验性方法缺乏现代临床证据，读者应理性看待，不要据此自我治疗。

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关勇 Author

Guan Yong is a Chinese author about whom limited public information is available. His catalog currently includes two works, falling respectively into the categories of art and prose miscellany. One representative title, Listening to Paintings, judged by its name and its art classification, appears to center on how paintings are viewed and understood, suggesting a textual interpretation of visual art. The other, Breaking Through the Walls of Life: Accompanying You Through Every Night, belongs to prose miscellany, and its subtitle points to companionable writing for general readers, likely in an intimate, conversational tone. The two works span quite different subjects—one turning toward artistic appreciation, the other toward everyday reflections on life—indicating that the author has attempted writing in more than one field. As reliable records of birth and death dates, nationality, or professional experience are unavailable, this introduction makes no conjecture and offers only a brief sketch of the thematic orientation and reading positioning of the existing works for readers' reference.