What Causes Blood In Urine?

Posted on Thu, 19 Nov 2015

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Question : I am seeing blood in my urine and what appeard to be clumps of blood coming out. Are these symptoms of male UTI?

Answered by Dr. Panagiotis Zografakis (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
it could be

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

it could be but it has to be investigated.

Some of the most common potential causes include:

- urinary tract infections. The upper ones cause high fever. The lower ones are usually accompanied by frequency, urgency, burning pain.
- renal stones: commonly associated with flank pain, nausea, frequency, urgency.
- tumors: hematoria could be the sole finding. No pain is usually present.
- glomerulonephritis: can be associated with hypertension, proteinuria, edema and other manifestations.

The presence of blood clots indicates that significant bleeding occurred. The cause has to be investigated with a urinalysis and at least an ultrasound scan of the urinary tract. More tests might be needed like CT scans and IV pyelography.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar