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Please share an interesting fact about dealing with blood in urine.

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Dr. Betsy Greenleaf answered

Specializes in Gynecology

Ignore: Requires work up with urine tests and possibly cystoscopy and radiographic studies.

Answered 3/21/2014

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Dr. Ryan Phasouk answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Ignore: The most common cause of blood in urine is infection.

Answered 3/24/2014

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Dr. Ryan Phasouk answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

The: The most common cause of blood in the urine is due to infection.

Answered 4/20/2014

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Ignore: Blood in the urine is not normal. Culture your urine and if no bacteria are present, see a urologist.

Answered 5/21/2014

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Blood: Blood in urine is never normal, however some types of food can stain your urine red.

Answered 7/8/2018

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: This should always prompt a doctor visit.

Answered 9/29/2016

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Presence: Presence of blood can be microscopic and not seen by naked eye,or cola coloured urine.

Answered 6/13/2014

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Dr. James Lin answered

Ignore: No pain with bloody urine has been a common overlook due to "if it's broke, don't fix it.".

Answered 7/2/2014

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Dr. Leila Hashemi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Smoking increases the risk of bladder cancer. Watch for blood in urine.

Answered 1/16/2019

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Dr. Aurea Tomeski answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Ignore: Persistent hematuria should be evaluated for infection, renal cancer, stone, and cystitis.

Answered 1/16/2019

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Ignore: If associated with sudden severe pain, see a urologist or emergency physician. If painless , see a nephrologist.

Answered 1/16/2019

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Ignore: Blood in the urine is quite common and usually is from a urinary tract infection, kidney stone.

Answered 9/20/2014

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Dr. Stuart Winkler answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Nephrology & Dialysis

Ignore: Blood in the urine can come anywhere from the kidneys, ureters or bladder.

Answered 10/13/2014

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Ignore: Urinary tract infection is the most frequent cause of blood in urine o non bleeding female and males.

Answered 11/23/2014

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Ignore: Blood in the urine is never "normal". it often is the only sign one gets of a significant problem.

Answered 7/13/2017

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Dr. John Wigneswaran answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Ignore: In men it's not normal. In women if mensturating could be from a vaginal source- otherwise abnormal.

Answered 3/29/2015

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Dr. Subhasish Bose answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Ignore: In glomerulonephritis (kidney inflammation) one can have blood in urine only visible on microscope.

Answered 4/20/2015

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Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Tiny,: Tiny, invisible amounts of blood in the urine can be a sign of kidney stones.

Answered 6/16/2015

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Dr. Ka-Lok Tse, M.D. answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Ignore: The most common cause for blood in the urine is kidney stone.

Answered 5/20/2015

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Ignore: Most often blood in urine is not visible but only found on urine testing.

Answered 6/13/2015

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Ignore: Painless blood in the urine, aka hematuria, is often the first sign of bladder or kidney cancer.

Answered 10/4/2015

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Dr. Ronald Hamner answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Ignore: Painless blood in the urine of a smoker must lead to evaluation for bladder cancer.

Answered 1/16/2019

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