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Hematuria

Hematuria: Introduction

Hematuria: Hematuria refers to blood in the urine. See detailed information below for a list of 91 causes of Hematuria, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Hematuria:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Hematuria. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

• Bacterial cystitis (type of Cystitis)
• Chronic interstitial cystitis
• Tubercular cystitis
• Viral cystitis
• Chronic glomerulonephritis (type of Glomerulonephritis)
• Obstructive nephropathy
• Polycystic kidney disease
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Prostatitis
• Acute pyelonephritis
• Renal infarction
• Renal neoplasm
• Acute renal papillary necrosis
• Renal trauma
• Renal tuberculosis
• Renal vein thrombosis
• Schistosomiasis
• Sickle cell anemia
• Vasculitis
• more causes...»

See full list of 91 causes of Hematuria

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Causes of Types of Hematuria:

Review causes of types of Hematuria in more specific categories:

• Hematuria in children (63 causes)
• more types...»

See full list of 3 types for Hematuria

Hematuria Treatments

Some of the possible treatments listed in sources for treatment of Hematuria may include:

• Visit a doctor as soon as possible
• Oral antibiotics
• Trimethoprim
• Cephalosporins
• Nitrofurantoin
• Tetracycline
• more treatments...»

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Medications or substances causing Hematuria:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Hematuria as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

• Proleukin
• Aldesleukin
• TheraCys
• Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Live
• more causes...»

See full list of 4 medications causing Hematuria

Causes of General Symptom Types

Research the causes of these more general types of symptom:

• Darkened urine (350 causes)
• Urine color changes (401 causes)
• Bladder symptoms (1010 causes)
• Urinary problems (1033 causes)
• Digestive symptoms (5299 causes)
• Abdominal symptoms (5930 causes)
• Urinary difficulty (648 causes)
• Urinary symptoms (1228 causes)
• Sexual symptoms (1838 causes)
• Urine symptoms (630 causes)
• Intercourse symptoms (258 causes)
• Lower abdominal symptoms (3048 causes)
• more symptoms...»

Hematuria: Deaths

Read more about causes and Hematuria deaths.

Causes of Hematuria listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Hematuria as a symptom include:

• Alport's syndrome
• Angiomyolipoma
• Benign familial hematuria
• Bladder cancer
• Bladder stone, urinary
• Caspofungin
• Cholesterol embolism
• Cold agglutinins
• Cyclophosphamide
• Cystitis
• Cystitis, infective
• Dengue
• Dicoumarol
• Dioctophyma renale
• more causes...»

See full list of 91 causes of Hematuria
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Article Excerpts about Hematuria

Hematuria is the presence of red blood cells (RBCs) in the urine. (Source: excerpt from Hematuria (Blood in the Urine): NIDDK)

Hematuria is the presence of red blood cells (RBCs) in the urine. (Source: excerpt from Hematuria (Blood in the Urine): NIDDK)

Definitions of Hematuria:

A condition in which free hemoglobin is found in the urine. --2004
- (Source - Diseases Database)

The presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Presence of blood in the urine.
- (Source - CRISP)

Detailed list of causes of Hematuria

The list below shows some of the causes of Hematuria mentioned in various sources:

• Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease - hematuria
• Acute pyelonephritis
• Acute renal papillary necrosis
• Alport syndrome with leukocyte inclusions and macrothrombocytopenia - hematuria
• Alport's syndrome
• Angiomyolipoma
• more causes...»

See full list of 91 causes of Hematuria

How Common are these Causes of Hematuria?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Hematuria. Of the 91 causes of Hematuria that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

• 0 causes are "very common" diseases
• 4 causes are "common" diseases
• 4 causes are "uncommon" diseases
• 1 causes are "rare" diseases
• 8 causes are "very rare" diseases
• 78 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 91 causes of Hematuria

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Hematuria:

The following list of conditions have 'Hematuria' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Select from the following alphabetical view of conditions which include a symptom of Hematuria or choose View All.

A

• Acquired Cystic Kidney Disease ... hematuria
• Alport syndrome with leukocyte inclusions and macrothrombocytopenia ... hematuria
• Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia ... hematuria
• Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease ... Hematuria

E

• Eosinophilic cystitis ... hematuria

F

• Fechtner syndrome ... hematuria
• Fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia ... hematuria

K

• Kidney stones ... hematuria

M

• Metastatic prostate cancer ... Hematuria

N

• Nail-Patella Syndrome ... hematuria

P

• Primary prostate cancer ... Hematuria

S

• Stones ... Hematuria

U

• Urinary tract infections ... hematuria

W

• Wilson's Disease ... Secondary hematuria

Conditions listing medical complications: Hematuria:

The following list of medical conditions have Hematuria or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

C

• Copperhead snake poisoning ... hematuria
• Crotalidae snake poisoning ... hematuria

M

• Malaria ... hematuria

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Causes of Hematuria Based on Risk Factors

This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Hematuria based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

Travel - has the patient travelled recently?

Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

What are the alternative names for Hematuria:

Urinary tract bleeding, Haematuria, Blood in urine, Haemoglobinuria
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Classifications of Hematuria:

Medical Conditions associated with Hematuria:

Darkened urine (350 causes), Urine color changes (401 causes), Bladder symptoms (1010 causes), Urinary problems (1033 causes), Digestive symptoms (5299 causes), Abdominal symptoms (5930 causes), Urinary difficulty (648 causes), Urinary symptoms (1228 causes), Sexual symptoms (1838 causes), Urine symptoms (630 causes), Intercourse symptoms (258 causes), Lower abdominal symptoms (3048 causes)

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Medical News summaries about Hematuria

Our news pages contain the following medical news summaries about Hematuria and many other medical conditions:

• Cystic kidneys a common genetic disease
• Kidney disease due to autoimmunity

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• Introduction: Hematuria
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• Treatments for Hematuria
• Drug Causes of Hematuria
• Symptoms of Hematuria
• Misdiagnosis of Hematuria
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