Haematuria (Blood in the urine)

You may or may not have any other symptoms associated with haematuria. These symptoms include lower abdominal or back pain, urinary frequency and urgency, burning pain when passing urine, and fever. There are often no other associated symptoms.

Possible causes of haematuria include:

• Urinary tract infections
• Urinary tract stones
• Kidney diseases
• Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH)
• Cancers of the Kidneys, Bladder and Prostate
• Previous radiation treatment to the pelvis
  

Your doctor will speak to you more to find out more about your symptoms, and in particular if you have any risk factors for urinary tract cancers. A clinical examination will be performed during your consultation.

You may be asked to do a set of initial investigations, which generally include:

• Urine tests
• to detect infections and cancer cells
• Blood tests
• Kidney function test
• Prostate specific antigen (PSA) in men
  
• Imaging of the urinary tract
• CT scan
• Alternatively Ultrasound or MRI scans
• Cystoscopy (bladder scope)

Your doctor may discuss with you to go for further tests if there are any abnormal findings from the initial investigations.