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Moderate blood in urine on dipsticktest. 25yrs old. could this be cancer or are my kidneys being attacked.

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Urinalysis?: Dipstick just screening-need urinalysis.In contrast, in dipstick hematuria—blood cells may or may not be present in the urine.) there are Factors that can cause a false-positive result on a dipstick test include hemoglobinuria, myoglobinuria, concentrated urine, menstrual blood in the urine sample, and rigorous exercise.Next step would be culure,then imaging-dont jump to conclusions as cancer 1st

Answered 3/25/2022

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