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What Causes Blood In Urine And Urinary Incontinence?
Question: uncontrollable urine discharge some blood!
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome, XXXXXXX
Blood in the urine and urinary incontinence can be caused by a urinary tract infection.
It can also be caused by a stone in the urinary tract, but this usually causes pain.
Inflammation anywhere along the genitourinary tract, such as in the prostate, or in the bladder or kidneys can cause blood in the urine too. This can be from benign things such as a prostatic infection to cancer.
So it is important to have this evaluated.
I recommend going in to an urgent care clinic where they should examine you physically, and get a urinalysis. If the urinalysis indicates signs of infection, they should send the sample for a culture and sensitivity test, and start you on an antibiotic. The antibiotic should resolve your symptoms.
If it does not show signs of infection, the sample should be sent for a full urinalysis done by the lab, and further testing is in order, such as an ultrasound.
Nowadays some urgent care clinics are staffed by physician's assistants (PA) or nurse practitioners (NP) but these are not real physicians. Request to see a physician.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
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Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome, XXXXXXX
Blood in the urine and urinary incontinence can be caused by a urinary tract infection.
It can also be caused by a stone in the urinary tract, but this usually causes pain.
Inflammation anywhere along the genitourinary tract, such as in the prostate, or in the bladder or kidneys can cause blood in the urine too. This can be from benign things such as a prostatic infection to cancer.
So it is important to have this evaluated.
I recommend going in to an urgent care clinic where they should examine you physically, and get a urinalysis. If the urinalysis indicates signs of infection, they should send the sample for a culture and sensitivity test, and start you on an antibiotic. The antibiotic should resolve your symptoms.
If it does not show signs of infection, the sample should be sent for a full urinalysis done by the lab, and further testing is in order, such as an ultrasound.
Nowadays some urgent care clinics are staffed by physician's assistants (PA) or nurse practitioners (NP) but these are not real physicians. Request to see a physician.
I hope this information helps. Please let me know if I can provide further information.
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