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A 47-year-old female asked:
My husband ( he is 42) noticed a little pink in his urine. we used the urine dipstick test and it is positive for blood, and leukocytes. he said he doesn't have much symptoms.can men get uti? he just got over a mild case of covid too?
2 doctor answers • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Hunter Handsfieldanswered
Infectious Disease 55 years experience
UTIs are less frequent in men than women, but they aren't rare, especially as men get into their 40s. Perhaps more important, kidney damage is an occasional complication of COVID, and urinalysis abnormalities exactly like this can be a sign; see the link below. He needs to see his doctor ASAP. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35105331/
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Answered Feb 03, 2022
Dr. Birendra Tandananswered
Urology 36 years experience
Men get UTIs too. Have him drink plenty of fluids and repeat the urine test in a few days. If there is still blood in urine see an MD
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