Presence of red blood cells in urine is known as hematuria. It can be due to many causes such as:
- Exercise
- Abdominal trauma
- Abdominal/Pelvic surgery
- Catheters
- Foreign body
- Renal trauma
- Bladder trauma
- Ureteral trauma
- Torture
- Sexual abuse
- Cancers (25-30% of adults having hematuria have malignant neoplasms)
- Transitional cell carcinoma of bladder
- Urinary tract infections
- Radiation nephritis
- Radiation cystitis
- Tubulointerstitial nephritis (Acute and Chronic)
- Goodpasture disease
- IgA nephropathy
- Renal tumors
- Benign tumors
- Endometriosis in urinary system
- Nephritis due to SLE
- Henoch-Schönlein purpura
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
- Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
- Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Wegener granulomatosis
- Endocarditis
- Visceral organs abscesses
- Schistosomiasis
- Hypercalciuria
- Polycystic kidney disease
- Renal cyst
- Thin basement menbrane nephropathy
- Tuberculsis
- Syphilis
- Alport syndrome
- Fabry disease
- Nail-patella syndrome
- Renal tubular acidosis type 1
- Hemophilia and other bleeding disorders
- Sickle cell anemia
- Hemangioma
- Arteriovenous malformations
- Nutcracker syndrome
- Renal artery/vein thrombosis
- Thromboembolism in renal vessels
- Analgesics
- Oral contraceptives
- Aminoglycosides
- Cyclosporine
- Chinese herbs
- Urethral valve strictures
- Hydronephrosis
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Stent after ureteral stone removal operation by ureteroscope
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