Blood in the urine (haematuria)

Can be found on the blood in the urine is very frightening and must be verified by a doctor, but rarely a sign

                                       of anything life-threatening.

See your doctor if you notice blood in your urine turns red, opening, or if Polk, turning reddish or brown because it contains red blood cells in it.

Sometimes, only a small amount of blood is not visible to the naked eye and clear urine may contain only in the laboratory when it is conducting a urine test for something else. There is still a need for verification by a doctor, where it should not be the health of urine contain any noticeable amounts of blood.

The medical name for blood in the urine is hematuria. If the blood in the urine is clear to the naked eye, called "macroscopic" or "hematuria visible." If it can be detected only with a blood laboratory tests, this "microscopic", or "invisible" so-called.

Will the blood had come from somewhere in the urinary tract - the kidneys, the bladder or the tubes that pass urine from Khalalha.galba the result of a urinary tract infection, such as inflammation of the bladder's.

This page describes the most common causes of blood in the urine to give you an idea of ​​what may be the cause of the problem. However, it should not be used this guide to your diagnosis, it is important to see your doctor for a proper diagnosis of the situation.

Is there certainly blood in the urine?

Before following the reading, it is worth considering whether you have eaten recently Beet, where the urine can be colored in pink and causing concern is superfluous. Some can also medications, such as antibiotics nitrofurantoin, converting urine color brown or red.

Make sure that the blood actually coming from Polk and not the vagina (if you're a woman) or a paragraph back.

Common causes of blood in the urine

This includes:

• inflammation of the bladder, which is usually what causes a burning pain when urinating.

• kidney disease - may also have a high temperature (38 degrees Celsius or higher), and pain in the lateral part of your belly

• kidney stones, may be painful, but it can sometimes fill a pipe coming from the kidneys and cause severe abdominal pain

• inflammation of the urethra, the tube that carries urine out of the body - known as inflammation of the urethra, which is often caused by an infection that is transmitted by sexual contact chlamydia

• prostate gland - and this is a common condition in older men and have nothing to do with prostate cancer, where pressing the prostate gland higher bladder and cause problems such as difficulty urinating and frequent need to urinate

• prostate cancer - usually observed only in men aged over 50 and usually develops very slowly, but it can often be cured if detected and treated early

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Do I need to review a specialist?

Your doctor should refer you quickly to a specialist, urologist Usually, if applied any of the following cases:

• you have visible blood in the urine without pain, and tests showed the absence of inflammation

• age 40 or more, and continue exposure to urinary tract infections, blood in the urine

• age 50 or more, and a urine test reveals no blood in his urine Nevsar

• you have a lump in the abdomen (a possible tumor) was detected by physical examination by a physician or by scanning

• be revealed bloody invisible albuminuria test, especially if the protein in the urine was also found - this will be verified by the kidney doctor (kidney specialist) instead of the urologist.