What Causes Blood In Urine?

Posted on Mon, 21 Apr 2014

Question: I was urinating when I coughed hard and it felt like I was urinating fire for a split second. Afterwords blood poored out of the end of my urethra for 5 minutes. It finally stopped but now I have gone to th h e bathroom a vCard o u please Times and significant blood is still coming out.

Answered by Dr. Naveen Poola (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: Please visit a ER at the earliest. Detailed Answer: Kidney stones, tumors, blood related disorders and other kidney diseases etc can cause this kind of gross hematuria. You need an immediate urinalysis and ultrasound examination. I feel that the symptoms described by you needs an emergency evaluation and treatment. Please visit a ER at the earliest. Let me know if you have have any clarifications. If you like my answers and wish me to answer in future, bring it to my attention: Dr Vasanth. Url link is as follows: http://doctor.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-vasanth/66057 Wish you good health!

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