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  #1

What color are the urine and feces in:
1. Hemolytic/Prehepatic Jaundice



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  #2

dark urine dark feces

  #3

Dark Feces
(b/c ↑ UBG in Feces) Right?
Why Dark Urine? -please explain.



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  #4

urobilin give color to stool &urine

it is formed by intestinal bacteria by action on con.bilirubin


  #5

Right. Here the dark feces and dark urine are both due to increased UBG (Urobilinogen).

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