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Here are some common causes of blood in the urine:
- Kidney infections
- Enlarged prostate
- Urinary tract (bladder) infection
- Swelling in the filtering system of the kidneys (this is called "glomerulonephritis")
- A stone in your bladder or in a kidney
- A disease that runs in families, such as cystic kidney disease
- Some medicines
- A blood disease, like sickle cell anemia
- A tumor in your urinary tract (this may or may not be cancer)
- Exercise (when this is the cause, hematuria will usually go away in 24 hours)
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Source
Evaluation of Asymptomatic Microscopic Hematuria in Adults by TR Thaller, M.D. and LP Wang, M.D. (American Family Physician September 15, 1999, http://www.aafp.org/afp/990915ap/1143.html)
Written by familydoctor.org editorial staff
Reviewed/Updated: 11/10
Created: 09/00
