Living With Hematuria: Patient Support and Resources
At-a-Glance Summary Seeing blood in your urine can be frightening, but hematuria does not always mean the same thing.
At-a-Glance Summary Seeing blood in your urine can be frightening, but hematuria does not always mean the same thing.
At-a-Glance Summary Hematuria means there is blood in the urine.
At-a-Glance Summary Hematuria means there is blood in the urine.
Blood in your urine—also known as hematuria—needs to be treated, monitored, and managed.
Seeing blood in your urine can feel alarming.
Hematuria, defined as the presence of blood in the urine, is a clinically significant finding that requires careful evaluation.
Seeing blood in the urine can be alarming.
Seeing blood in the urine can be alarming.
Seeing blood in the urine can be frightening.
Seeing blood in your urine can be alarming.
Key Takeaways Microscopic hematuria is a finding, not a final diagnosis.
At-a-Glance Summary Gross hematuria means there is enough blood in the urine to see it.
At-a-Glance Summary Hematuria means there are red blood cells in the urine.
Seeing blood in your urine can feel alarming.
Seeing blood in your urine can be alarming.

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Hematuria Seeing blood in your urine can cause more than a little anxiety.