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What if blood is negative in urine but rbc is present?
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Bladder infection: This usually represents an infection in the urinary tract. There can also be kidney stones, cancer, or trauma. But, infection is by far the most common reason.
Answered 5/27/2015
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MICROSCOPIC HEMATURI: Yes it called microscopic hematuria.It depends on the number of rbcs present.If the number of rbcs rises it may show as positive blood only if therbcs are just few, blood test may be negative.
Answered 10/6/2017
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