- Hematuria means blood in the urine.
- Gross hematuria means that blood can be seen in the urine with the naked eye. Microscopic hematuria indicates that blood traces can only be seen when the urine is examined under a microscope.
- Hematuria makes the urine red to brown, depending on the amount of blood present, how long the blood has remained in the urine and the acidity of the urine.
- Hematuria can be due to a variety of reasons such as cancer, infections, kidney stones, obstructions or injury of the urinary tract, viral infections, kidney inflammation, benign prostate enlargement and anticoagulant drugs.
- Cancer of the kidney or bladder can lead to intermittent bleeding without any pain. The bleeding may stop though the cancer does not.
Chapter: Urine :: 25 April 2007
