Question: Over a period of approximately two to three hours I experienced a strain to urinate followed by repeated urges to urinate with only a small amount passing followed by several brown/yellow pus appearing spots in the urinal followed by visible bleeding in the urine followed by a clearing of the urine and returning to a normal flow of urine. Could I possibly have passed gravel or small stones without feeling any pain in the process? My doctor did not bring this up as a cause of blood in urine, rather believes the blood came from within the bladder itself. The symptoms have not repeated.

Dr. De
It's my fault for not being as thorough as I should have been. A urine culture was taken and came back negative for a urinary tract infection. My urologist did take a sample of urine from within the bladder when he performed the cystoscopy. I am waiting now to hear the results. He told me they will be checking to see if any cancer cells show up. Regardless, he wants to follow me closely and I have an appointment to return in three months. As for the redness and irritation in the bladder he said it might have been there for quite some time and could be the result of past infections. He termed it "non-specific." The CT scan done earlier showed no abnormalities of the bladder, urinary tract system, abdomen, kidneys or lymph nodes, but obviously could not pick up the red patches the cystoscopy showed on the bladder's inner lining. I am still wondering if the blood in the urine could have been related to small kidney stones passing, in other words a manifestation separate from the cystoscopy finding. At any rate, whether or not the blood in the urine was due to a separate cause, I am know my course now is to fall in line with the follow-up my urologist is prescribing. Any additional comments from you would be much appreciated based on my additional information. Thanks you.

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