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blood in urine and flank pain

by bahar281, Dec 13, 2008 09:05PM

hello,

i am a 64 year old male and recently noticed that i have blood in my urine. this has been ongoing for a couple of days and now i seem to have flank pain or both of my sides hurt. it even hurts when i sit. what can this be?

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by Arnon Krongrad, MD

, Jan 19, 2009 11:07AM

possible explanations of blood in urine:

S H I T:
Stones
Hemaglobinopathy (Sickle Cell)
Infection
Trauma, TB, Tumor

Bleeding demands a trip to see the urologist. THis is possibly nothing but possibly it is very serious.

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by slacker101, Jan 11, 2009 04:07AM

Kidney Stones perhaps. You need to get to a Urologist ASAP!!!!!

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