What Does Blood In The Urine Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 3 Oct 2017

Question: what does blood in urine mean

Answered by Dr. Lekshmi Rita Venugopal (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Causes of Hematuria

Detailed Answer:
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Here is a list of possible causes of hematuria (blood in urine).
-Urinary tract infection (but usually UTI only causes microscopic hematuria)
-Kidney/ureteric stones
-Kidney/bladder tumors
-Infection of kidneys(pyelonephritis)
-Glomerulonephritis
-Medications like aspirin, warfarin

Urine analysis,culture, complete blood count, abdominal Xray and abdominal USG (depending on other results) are warranted for evaluation of hematuria.
Please be advised to follow up with your primary care provider for further evaluation and management

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Dr.Lekshmi

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