Should You Actually Drink Your Own Pee To Survive?

Many survivalists have cited urine as a great way to avoid being dehydrated in extreme situations but that isn't completely true.
Despite being composed of almost 95% water, pee still has waste and trace amounts of bacteria that could make a bad situation worse.

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You might think that drinking your own urine in a survival situation will keep you hydrated. However it turns out, you are better off avoiding any urine intake to increase your chances of survival. Following is a transcript of the video.

Hopefully, this never happens to you, but let's say you've found yourself in an extreme situation. You're out of food and water. And the only liquid nearby is...well your own.

You've heard about astronauts drinking urine in space. But they have high-tech filtration systems. And you don't.

Your best option is to drink it straight like Aron Ralston did when he was trapped in a canyon for 127 hours before escape and rescue. So, if Ralston did it and survived, you should too, right?

Depending on the environment, an adult can survive up to a week without water and three weeks without food. But that window quickly narrows when you're dehydrated, sick, or both.

For that reason, the Army has a Field Manual which has a "do not drink" list for just such an occasion, which includes: Fish juices, blood, alcohol, sea water, and yes, urine.

In fact, when you break it down, urine isn’t that different from seawater. It's usually around 95% water with a mix of byproducts including sodium, chloride, and urea. Seawater, by comparison, is 96.5% water and 3.5% sodium and chloride. So drinking urine is basically like drinking sea water. It's going to dehydrate you, which is the opposite of what you want.

To make matters worse, if you keep drinking it, the severe dehydration can trigger abnormally low blood pressure. Low blood pressure means less blood flow to vital organs like your heart, lungs, and kidneys, which can be damaged or fail, as a result. Not good!

Adding to your trouble is that urea. In a word, urea is waste. It's not supposed to be in your body. That's why your kidneys filter it out of your blood and into your urine, which, ordinarily, then leaves your system.

But if you drink the urine instead, your kidneys have to work harder to filter out that extra urea, which could also lead to kidney failure. Again, not good! Suffice it to say, drinking urine may be your kidneys' worst nightmare.

And to top it off, there's the bacteria. Contrary to popular belief, urine is not sterile. According to one study, it contains at least 85 different bacterial species. Some of the most common are ones like staphylococcus, which is known to cause food poisoning, and actinomyces, which is commonly found in gum infections.

So unless you want sore gums, nausea, and failing organs while you search for rescue, best to avoid that urine cocktail altogether.

[arseniclarceny]

If you get into this situation.... *urine* trouble.

[ExpandedEye-zjht]

*kidney is done with urine *
*Same urine came back *
Kidney:aw shit, here we go again

[checkmyplaylist]

I drink water, I digest the water, and I pee the water. So what is the problem?

[noqaur]

Me @10pm: Ok, just one more video
Me @2am:

[kerianwhite]

I've heard of cases where people who were stuck at sea drink their pee to survive. Plus places in a lot of countries drink their pee for health.

[chacko]

I feel like if you drank a lot of water before, the urine is pretty clear with a high percentage of water... wouldn‘t it then be a good idea to drink it at least once before dying?

[renaultantoine]

Did you know the good side effects of drinking pee? You need to experience that. You wake up in the middle of the night and you have that indigestion, feel like a roller-coaster in your stomach and you re going to die drinking the equivalent of 1 or 2 spoon of " your" urine and you ll stop blamimg food poisoning. Remember to send a text to say thank you.
2_ You have a cold or allergies your nose is congested you can't sleep take that warm pee wash your face for a relief. It can be a little bit itchy it is part of the process.

[alimohamad]

Is there a difference between drinking yellow or more clear urine?

[TainoXtreme]

I’ve been drinking my own urine for about 3 1/2 years now. Should I be very sick or dead by now? My last year‘s blood test was excellent. The doctor even ask me how I do it. God bless you.

[hunteroflegendarymemes]

What if i drink *myrine* instead of *urine*

Edit: I'm honestly surprised I even got likes, this joke was corny asf lol

[ryanwakebradtelle]

Depending on the length of your survival situation you may want to reconsider, if there's absolutely no water and no chance of being rescued in the first few days then what are you supposed to do.

Beyond that your kidneys are capable of filtering out that level of salt, which is much lower than in seawater.

Just take it for my science teacher who also was the science teacher for my parents, after recycling at three times there is more salt in there then your kidneys can handle. the third time you're not getting very much water out of it because there is so much salt in it.

But if you need more than 3 days to find water then it's your only choice.

And don't save it for 3 days because it is safe to drink for about an hour but after that the bacteria in it in the bacteria everywhere else gross to the point where it may be harmful.

[chris-]

I was tired and accidentally drank from a bottle I peed in. Lol.
Tasted kind of salty but not too bad. I quickly spit it out, as much as I could anyway. 😵

[kidsIIIII]

When you thought the Pee was Mountain Dew

[prashantkumbharraje]

This is Called "Shivambu" in Vaidic Books in Indian Culture

[lilwitch_]

*No water?*
*Just get some out of your handy magical Dora the explorer backpack.*

[nothisispatrick]

Your jarate wont save you this time, sniper

[atravellingbleach]

1:03 I DON'T CARE, I NEED MY ALCOHOL FIX

[nappythegreat]

In the words of Angry German Guy, PEE PEE WASSER!

[velocithea]

"You should not urinate on jellyfish stings, you should dip it in sea water"
"Urine is extremely similar to sea water"
tf am i supposed to believe

[nikonxxx]

The misinformation in this video is staggering.