There’s blood in my Pee. What should I do?
Any person will be alarmed or stressed by the presence of blood in the Urine. All kinds of thoughts are racing through your mind! Is it cancer? Am I going to die? What should I do? So, what are the causes of Blood in Urine?
Where is this blood coming from?
Blood in the urine can come from the kidneys or anywhere in the urinary tract.
How do I know it is blood?
Well, your pee is usually a pale-yellow color. If there is blood in it your pee turns pinkish, brown, or even red. This is easy to see with your own eyes. Other times your doctor might say that you have blood in your urine in a lab test although you can’t see blood with your naked eye.
What are 10 common causes of blood in the urine: What does blood in the urine indicate?
1. Urinary tract infection, bladder, or kidney infection
2. Kidney stones or bladder stones
3. A kidney disease
4. Cancer of the kidney, bladder, or prostate (usually people are older, above the age of 50)
5. Injury or trauma to the kidney like a sports injury when the kidney is bruised4
6. Enlarged prostate
7. Vigorous exercise
8. Medications, usually blood thinners such as Aspirin, heparin, the anti-cancer drug
9. Blood clotting disorders such as haemophilia
When to call your doctor?
You’ll want to contact your doctor right away if you see blood in urine, particularly if it’s associated with:
- Painful urination
- Frequent urination
- Urgent urination
- Pain in your abdomen
- Nausea
- Fever
- Vomiting
It may not be a serious condition, but it’s still a warning sign of something wrong. Sometimes, it is easy to mistake abnormally coloured urine with blood from other sources. Eating beets, blackberries, or even food coloring can make your urine reddish, but this is not blood. Also, women may confuse blood from the vagina (periods) for blood in th urine or vice versa. In men, prostate problems can lead to bleeding, which they can mistake for blood in the urine.
In hematuria, there are two types:
- Gross hematuria: visible blood in the urine
- Microscopic hematuria: blood in the urine is visible only via microscope. Even if you don’t see any blood in your urine, a urinalysis can reveal microscopic hematuria during a general checkup.
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