Hello. I test my urine regularly with dipsticks. Mainly due to some foamy urine I had, and I wanted to make sure protein wasn't spilling into my urine, which it wasnt.
However I have found that I occasionally have trace blood on the dipstick. Usually like 1 or 2 specks of non hemolyzed. Or just a very very faint shade of green. This is not often. Never in the morning. Usually happens after a lot of walking(which I know could cause it), or if I have a very high protein meal or protein shake. I will have it a few hours, then it goes. My question is, how much is significant? In my research, some studies say >1+ is what should be considered significant. Mine never gets to +1. It gets to either 1 or 2 speck of non hemolyzed. Or barely gets to that very first shade of green that is marked either "Trace" or ± Depending on branded( I use Siemens and Mission brands). So just curious if this should scare me considering it never reaches 1+? Thank you.