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What causes on & off hematuria? blood earlier, went to hospital & no hematuria, came back home & there was blood. no other symptoms. tests were normal

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Bleeding in GU tract: Grossly obvious Blood in urine (hematuria) can come from bleeding tumors or lacerations along the urogenital tract that can be caused by trauma, stones or destructive infection like tuberculosis. Kidney disease can cause subtle hematuria. It is hard to imagine that all your tests would be normal at that. You nay need uroscopy.

Answered 6/6/2015

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Complex: Depends on age and gender and medical history and if blood is visible. Seeing a urologist for older folks is the place to start. Does the person smoke? The urologist may ask for a CT scan and if their workup is negative, may need to see a kidney doc. Sometimes this is a frustrating condition, but most often cause can be found. Talk to your MD and get to see a urologist.

Answered 6/15/2015

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