What Does This Urine Test Result Indicate?

Posted on Fri, 5 Sep 2014

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Question : rbc urine hpf 11-25 my urine test results

Answered by Dr. Sudhir (20 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This means minimal bleed in urine.

Detailed Answer:
Hello.

Generally normal result is 4 RBC/HPF (red blood cells per high power field) or less.

At 11 -25 rbc/hpf one is likely to have occult hematuria, that is bleed in urine might not be obvious to eyes.

Common cause of such bleed is infection in the urinary system.

But there are wide range of causes that results this, ranging from blood causes to kidneys and down to bladder and urethra.

In most cases doctor will treat possible infection and recheck your urine.

If results remain same investigations would be needed to determine site and cause of bleed.

Seeing a regular physician should suffice at the moment.Later if needed you will need care of nephrologist.

Hope this helps.Please ask if there are doubts.Regards.

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

Follow up: Dr. Sudhir (16 minutes later)

Could it be related to bladder cancer

Answered by Dr. Sudhir (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, bladder cancer be related.

Detailed Answer:
You can get bleed in urine in bladder cancer.But this is not diagnostic or specific to bladder cancer.

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