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Urinary Symptoms
There are many different symptoms the body can display when it is not well. Urinary tract problems tend to have some of the following symptoms described on this page.
Page Topics:
- Chronic Bloody Urine?
- Blood In Which Part of the Urine Stream?
- Baby Red Urine
- Sex of Patient
- Taking Drugs or Medications?
- Red Urine and Stomach Pain
- Pain or Burning While Urinating
- Hematuria and Pregnancy?
- History of Urine Problems
- Bloody Urine and STD
- Fever and Bloody Urine?
- Bruising, Fatigue, Bad Immune System and Bloody Urine?
- Travel History
- Weak Stream and Hematuria
- Cloudy Bloody Urine?
- Diabetes and Urine Problems
- General Blood Problems and Bloody Urine?
- More Red Urine Symptoms
If the red urine just started, it may not be blood, but concentrations of other chemicals. If on the other hand, the bloody urine (hematuria) is chronic, a urologist may prescribe urine testing to diagnose the underlying cause of red urine.
Red Urine at Beginning or End of Stream?
- Blood in the beginning of the urine stream - blood from a urethral or Prostatic lesion
- Blood at the end of urination - suggests bleeding bladder
- Blood throughout urination - not helpful in determining root of bleeding
Newborns or under 2 years old - possible
- Women - possible urinary tract infections or something assiciated with the menstrual cycle
- Men - possinble chronic Prostatitis
Are You Taking Drugs or Medications?
- Drug use (especially intravenous) - can increase the risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C
- These medications can cause red urine - isoniazid, methyldopa, halothane, ketoconazole, niacin, nitrofurantoin, disulfiram, rifampin, testosterone, propylthiouracil, oral contraceptives, mercury, anticoagulants, warfarin , and cyclophosphamide
Stomach (abdominal) pain with red and bloody urine (hematuria) is commonly associated with the following problems
- Renal embolism
- Kidney contusion (bruising from trauma)
- Kidney laceration
- Glomerulonephritis
- Renal cancer - cancer of the kidneys
- Polycystic kidneys
- Common duct stones
- Sclerosing cholangitis
- Pancreatic cancer
- Bile duct cancer
- Pancreatitis
- Viral Hepatitis
- Alcoholic hepatitis
Pain or Burning While Urinating
Burning sensations during urination are associated with these urinary problems
- Bladder Stones
- Prostatic disease
- Renal Infection
- Urinary Tract Infections
- Urethritis
- Gonorrhea
- Chlamydia
- Ureaplasma
Pregnant women have a higher chance of Urinary Tract Infections (UTI). UTI can lead to pyelonephritis and increase chances of developing high blood pressure.
Past medical conditions may come back. Some commonly recurring urinary tract problems are:
- Uhemolytic Anemia
- Gallstones
- Urinary Cancers
- Strictures of the bile duct
- Hepatitis
- Cirrhosis of the liver
- Congestive cardiac failure
Chlymedia or Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C can cause bloody urine. Sexually acquired urethritis may cause blood in urine.
Fever accompanying bloody urine (Hematuria) is suggestive of
- Pyelonephritis (acute bacterial infection of the kidney)
- Lupus erythematosus
- Infective endocarditis with emboli to kidneys
- Cholangitis - common bile duct problem carrying bile from the liver to the gallbladder and intestines
- Viral hepatitis
- Pancreatitis
- Severe alcoholic hepatitis
- pyelonephritis
Bruising, Bad Immune System and Bloody Urine?
Easy bruising, general weakness and poorly functioning immune system can be a sign of these urinary problems
- Anemia
- Malaise
- Mouth ulceration
- Leukemia
- Lupus erythematosus
- Chest infections
- Raynaud's syndrome
Travel History and Bloody Urine
Recent overseas travel may suggest bilharzias or other parasites that may cause digestive diseases as well as urinary problems. Many developing countries have unsanitary water and food conditions and parasites can infect travelers, and cause urinary tract problems.
Dribbling and weak stream accompanied with red and bloody urine can be a symptoms of prostatic disease. The blood can be from the rupture of enlarged prostatic veins due to prostatic enlargement.
Kidney Stones may cause intense pain in loin and sides of the stomach, radiating down to groin. Kidney stones may cause cloudy urine due to blood in the urine. Another reason for cloudy urine may be a condition called Phosphaturia where there is too much phosphorus in urine.
Diabetes causes high ketone levels may not always affect urine color but can be even more dangerous. There are ketone urine tests
General Blood Problems and Bloody Urine?
If you have accompanying symptoms of bleeding disorders like extensive skin bruising, bleeding gums, bleeding nose, heavy menstrual periods, rectal bleeding and painful swollen joints, the blood in urine may be caused by the bleeding disorder and not a particular problem in the urinary tract.
- Early symptoms similar to symptoms of bladder infection
- Urine blood (hematuria)
- Dark urine
- Reduced urine
- Frequent urge to urinate - whether actually producing urine or not
- Bladder problem and pain
- Weight loss - a later symptom
- Abdominal pain
- Painful urination
- Blood in the urine frank hematuria/microscopic hematuria
- Frequent urination (Polyuria)
- Feeling the need to urinate without results
- Nocturia
- Anuria - less than 100 mL per day.
- Blood Clots in Urine
Non-visual Hematuria Symptoms
Sometimes there is not enough blood in the urine to change the color of the pee. That is called Microscopic Hematuria. Be sensitive to changes in overall health and urination patterns. For early diagnosis, carefully monitor the list of symptoms listed above as a presence of a combination of them may suggest problems in the urinary tract.
Sometimes urinary symptoms are very common and medical problems are inaccurately diagnosed. If you have some doubts about your symptom diagnosis, you should try to get a second opinion.