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Sometimes, hematuria is microscopic, or can’t be seen without the help of a microscope. The doctor may send your child’s urine sample to a lab for further testing. The test might reveal red blood cells in the urine, or white blood cells, which can mean your child has a urinary tract infection.
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When blood gets into urine (pee), it's called hematuria (hee-ma-TUR-ee-uh). It's pretty common and usually not serious. There are two types of hematuria: Microscopic hematuria is when blood in the urine can be seen only with a microscope. Often, this goes away without causing any problems.
Microhematuria, or microscopic traces of blood in the urine, can happen for many reasons, including vigorous exercise or kidney stones. Microhematuria is often found in routine testing rather than as a result of symptoms.
5 maj 2023 · If you see blood in your child's urine, you should call your child's health care provider. Microscopic – Microscopic hematuria means that the urine is normal in color, but it has an increased number of red blood cells (blood) as seen with a microscope.
26 cze 2023 · With microscopic hematuria, the blood is harder to notice. It typically requires a microscope or urine test to identify. In both cases, blood can occur in urine either with or without pain....
19 mar 2020 · Microscopic hematuria means that the blood is detected only with a microscope, while gross hematuria means the urine appears red or the color of tea or cola. Microscopic hematuria in an otherwise healthy child does not usually need to be investigated unless it is present in at least three urine tests over several months.
1. To define microscopic and macroscopic haematuria. 2. To understand the non haematuria causes for discoloured urine. 3. An overview of the causes of microscopic and macroscopic haematuria, their clinical features and investigation. 4. Red flags to look for in patients with haematuria.
