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I just had a routine health check up and my test results showed occult blood and pus but not enough to be visible from the naked eye the report said t?

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Dr. Juan Merayo-Rodriguez answered

Specializes in Pathology

May be normal: If this is a urine test and you had your menstruation recently, this may be contamination during collection of sample, nothing to worry about. Repeat test if your doctor recommends in a time away of your bleeding period...

Dr Mindlin agreed

Answered 2/19/2015

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