What Is Myoglobinuria?

Myoglobinuria means that myoglobin is excreted from the urine due to acute damage to the muscle tissue for some reason, manifested by paroxysmal muscle weakness, swelling and pain, and the urine is brown-red. A few are hereditary, and most are sporadic. Common causes are muscle crush injury, electric shock, arterial embolism or prolonged compression caused by ischemic damage, hypokalemia, diabetic ketoacidosis, hyperglycemic non-ketosis hyperosmolar coma, poisoning, burn And frostbite. [1]

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