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What Causes Painful And Frequent Urination?
Question: pain urinating with some blood in urine frequent urination pain about 5 out of ten
Brief Answer:
urinary tract infection
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Blood in the urine with frequency and discomfort usually indicate an urinary tract infection.
Urinary tract infections can involve any aspect of the urinary tract -bladder, ureter, kidneys, urethra, prostate
It may be best to discontinue the ibuprofen since this family of medications have a risk of bleeding in some persons.
To determine if you do have an infection , you would need to be assessed by your doctor.
This would include physical examination and urinalysis at the office.
You doctor may want to send a sample to the lab so that he or she may get an idea of the exact bacteria that is present.
You would need a course of antibiotics and to drink a copious amount of fluids as well.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
urinary tract infection
Detailed Answer:
HI, thanks for using healthcare magic
Blood in the urine with frequency and discomfort usually indicate an urinary tract infection.
Urinary tract infections can involve any aspect of the urinary tract -bladder, ureter, kidneys, urethra, prostate
It may be best to discontinue the ibuprofen since this family of medications have a risk of bleeding in some persons.
To determine if you do have an infection , you would need to be assessed by your doctor.
This would include physical examination and urinalysis at the office.
You doctor may want to send a sample to the lab so that he or she may get an idea of the exact bacteria that is present.
You would need a course of antibiotics and to drink a copious amount of fluids as well.
I hope this helps, feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
icannot get to my doctor till monday can i hold out till then? or do you think i should go to e.r.
Brief Answer:
should be seen sooner rather than later
Detailed Answer:
HI
Sorry about the delayed reply
It would be best to be seen sooner rather than later, before monday.
A simply uti is usually not considered an emergency but in some cases, rarely, it can become complicated, involving the kidneys.
Early use of antibiotics would likely prevent this
Please feel free to ask anything else
should be seen sooner rather than later
Detailed Answer:
HI
Sorry about the delayed reply
It would be best to be seen sooner rather than later, before monday.
A simply uti is usually not considered an emergency but in some cases, rarely, it can become complicated, involving the kidneys.
Early use of antibiotics would likely prevent this
Please feel free to ask anything else
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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