There are several reasons why the urine may look red or reddish-brown, for example, that you have eaten beets or that menstrual blood has come.\u00a0But it may also be because the urine itself contains blood.\u00a0Sometimes you may need treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most common causes of blood in the urine<\/strong> are\u00a0urinary tract infection\u00a0and\u00a0kidney stones.\u00a0Another cause may be kidney disease, for example.\u00a0It may also be due to a tumor in the urinary tract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can also get blood in the urine if you have exerted a lot of physical effort or have had a blow to the kidney. Then it goes quickly and is usually harmless. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If there is only a small amount of blood in the urine<\/em> it is usually not visible, but it is detected in a\u00a0urine test.\u00a0The reasons why it has leaked small amounts of blood to the urine are usually slight irritations in the urethra, bladder or prostate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It happens that\u00a0children have blood in the urine, but this is not so common.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The urine is usually yellow, lighter or darker depending on how much you have been drinking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The urine may become red in color if you have eaten beets or taken any medicine containing red dyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If\u00a0you have visible blood in your urine,\u00a0contact a\u00a0health care center\u00a0as soon as possible.\u00a0This is true even if you take so-called blood thinners, such as Warren or medicines belonging to the NOAK group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If it is a weekend, you can wait until it is every day.\u00a0You can contact many receptions by\u00a0logging in.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have blood in the urine, you may need to submit some samples, primarily urine samples and sometimes even blood samples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes you may also undergo other investigations.\u00a0For example, it may be cystoscopy, when the bladder is examined with a special instrument, and computed tomography, which is a special form of x-ray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blood in the urine<\/span> is treated differently depending on what causes it.\u00a0Sometimes you don’t need any treatment.\u00a0But if it is due to, for example,\u00a0urinary tract infection, it is usually treated with antibiotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kidney stones\u00a0usually come out of themselves with the urine, but if the stones are large, treatment may be needed.\u00a0Read more about kidneys and urinary tract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order for you to be involved in your care and treatment of blood in the urine<\/em>, it is important that you understand the information you receive from the healthcare staff. Ask questions if you don’t understand. For example, you should receive information about treatment options and how long you may have to wait for care and treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are several reasons why the urine may look red or reddish brown, for example that you have eaten beets or that menstrual blood has come. But it may also be because the urine itself contains blood. Sometimes you may need treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1531],"tags":[1583,1579,1580,1581,1584,1582],"class_list":["post-1123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diseases","category-kidneys-and-urinary-tract","tag-blood","tag-blood-in-urine","tag-blood-in-urine-causes","tag-blood-in-urine-treatment","tag-urine","tag-urine-blood-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4250,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions\/4250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zeepedia.com\/medical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}When and where should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Urine blood tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Treatment for blood in the urine<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You should understand the information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n