Other names: microhematuria microscopic hematuria
Blood in the urine is termed hematuria, it indicates the presence of red blood cells in urine. It can either be microscopic when it can be demonstrated only by laboratory methods, or macroscopic,when it we are able to detect with the naked eye.
It is estimated that the red color, the human eye may experience at a concentration of about 1 ml of blood in 1 liter of urine. If the concentration of blood in urine lower, we do not see it, but it can prove the doctor routine preventive diagnostic examination using paper or in the analysis of urine due to some disease.
Urinalysis using a diagnostic paper (this is the paper that is dipped into a test tube with urine and assesses its color) is a rapid test that can evaluate a doctor immediately in the office, it has relevance not only for orientation, and the presence of blood in urine can definitely confirm to urinalysis in laboratories.
If the lab confirms microscopic haematuria may be a plethora of reasons for its occurrence. May be the increased bleeding, such as warfarin overdose after about kidney damage or urinary tract inflammation, the cause may be the formation of stones (urinary calculi), tumors of the kidney or urinary tract, but also hereditary diseases such as Alport syndrome.
Since hematuria may indicate a serious disease, it is necessary to conduct further investigations and to clarify the cause.
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