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2. Hematouria ( blood in urine )
Name : Mursal Rahimi
Subject: Biochemistry
Teacher: Hakim Younisi
3. What is the urinary tract?
• The urinary tract is the body’s drainage system for
removing wastes and extra fluid. The urinary tract
includes
• two kidneys
• two ureters
• the bladder
• the urethra
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5. What is hematuria?
• Hematuria is the presence of blood in a person’s urine.
The two types of hematuria are
• gross hematuria—when a person can see the blood in his
or her urine
• microscopic hematuria—when a person cannot see the
blood in his or her urine, yet it is seen under a microscope
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7. What causes hematuria?
• Reasons people may have blood in the urine include
• infection in the bladder, kidney, or prostate
• trauma
• menstruation
• endometriosis—a problem in women that occurs when
the kind of tissue that normally lines the uterus grows
somewhere else, such as the bladder
8. • More serious reasons people may have hematuria include
• bladder or kidney cancer
• inflammation of the kidney, urethra, bladder, or
prostate—a walnut-shaped gland in men that surrounds
the urethra and helps make semen
• blood-clotting disorders, such as hemophilia
• sickle cell disease—a genetic disorder in which a
person’s body makes abnormally shaped red blood cells
9. Who is more likely to develop
hematuria?
• have an enlarged prostate
• have urinary stones
•
have a family history of kidney disease
• have a disease or condition that affects one or more
organs
10. What are the symptoms of hematuria?
• People with gross hematuria have urine that is pink, red,
or brown. Even a small amount of blood in the urine can
cause urine to change color. In most cases, people with
gross hematuria do not have other signs and symptoms.
People with gross hematuria that includes blood clots in
the urine may have bladder pain or pain in the back.
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12. How is hematuria diagnosed?
• A health care professional diagnoses hematuria or the
cause of the hematuria with
• a medical history
• a physical exam
• urinalysis
• additional testing
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14. How is hematuria treated?
• Health care professionals treat hematuria by treating its
underlying cause. If no serious condition is causing a
patient’s hematuria, he or she typically does not need
treatment.
15. Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
•Researchers have not found that eating,
diet, and nutrition play a role in causing
or preventing hematuria.
