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What Causes Blood In Urine At Old Age?

My step father has dark yellow foul smelling urine even when you flush the toilet you can still smell it he had urine test twice came back with blood in his urine. My brother took him to a urogist he said the smell is coming from the blood he told my brother he has to drink more water he s going to be 84 he do t like to drink water this has been going on science dec 19th last year the smell I can t take no more YYYY@YYYY
Mon, 4 May 2015
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Hi,

I am sorry for the health situation your step father is going through.

The dark yellow color of the urine is due to the presence of blood.
The foul smelling might be due to:
- infection
- high concentrated urine

Drinking plenty of water can help dilute the urine, thus, the symptoms will get improved.

He might need a course of antibiotics to treat infection and not only drinking water.

Magnesium citrate can help optimize his urine pH.

As he is 84 years old, if I was his caring doctor would advise to check his prostate too for related pathologies.

All the best!
Dr.Albana
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What Causes Blood In Urine At Old Age?

Hi, I am sorry for the health situation your step father is going through. The dark yellow color of the urine is due to the presence of blood. The foul smelling might be due to: - infection - high concentrated urine Drinking plenty of water can help dilute the urine, thus, the symptoms will get improved. He might need a course of antibiotics to treat infection and not only drinking water. Magnesium citrate can help optimize his urine pH. As he is 84 years old, if I was his caring doctor would advise to check his prostate too for related pathologies. All the best! Dr.Albana