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Blood in urine of 14 year old girl
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Hi. My daughter went to the Doctors the other week about something and just happened to mention that she had recently started to need the loo alot and had been to the loo that day 12 times, just for a wee, sometimes there was a lot there other time just dribbles. The tested her urine which showed traces of protein and sent her for blood tests to check kidney/liver etc functions which have all come back fine. The Doctors rang again last week asking her to bring in another sample, which she did and have just rang now asking her to come in tomorrow with another sample as there is blood in her urine!!
She goes away on Friday with school to Ardeche for 8 days. Starting to worry about what it could be. She seems fine in herself. She has buscopan for IBS symptoms and has been on these since Feb with no problems.
Just wondering if this is something to really worry about as the first urine test showed no signs of infection just a bit of protein.
Thank you
She goes away on Friday with school to Ardeche for 8 days. Starting to worry about what it could be. She seems fine in herself. She has buscopan for IBS symptoms and has been on these since Feb with no problems.
Just wondering if this is something to really worry about as the first urine test showed no signs of infection just a bit of protein.
Thank you
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Ah, if she hasn't I'd have said could it be a possible on the way which could account for blood showing up.
Did it just show up on a dipstick at the doctors or did they send it to the lab for analysis and did they say what kind of blood cells they found and levels?
If low levels then things can come and ok hence the benefits of retesting. I had a run of things showing up, blood, protein, leukocytes and things on blood tests too but often they would have disappeared on another test. I didn't have stinging either and had some treatments for utis then swabs done which found a high level of yeast so treated for that - my GP said that could cause uti like symptoms.
As I was back and forth doing wee tests, I got myself some of those self test strip things so I can test my own so that if nothing showed up I would not bother my GP (and vice versa as appropriate) especially as I have to ring her enough anyway with other things. I see traces of things appear and disappear from test to test (not that I do it regularly) and it's been quite revealing and I wouldn't bother my doctor unless specific things showed up pretty high or kept showing up or I had other symptoms.
Good they are keeping an eye on things and, if trace amounts, I wouldn't worry too much.
Did it just show up on a dipstick at the doctors or did they send it to the lab for analysis and did they say what kind of blood cells they found and levels?
If low levels then things can come and ok hence the benefits of retesting. I had a run of things showing up, blood, protein, leukocytes and things on blood tests too but often they would have disappeared on another test. I didn't have stinging either and had some treatments for utis then swabs done which found a high level of yeast so treated for that - my GP said that could cause uti like symptoms.
As I was back and forth doing wee tests, I got myself some of those self test strip things so I can test my own so that if nothing showed up I would not bother my GP (and vice versa as appropriate) especially as I have to ring her enough anyway with other things. I see traces of things appear and disappear from test to test (not that I do it regularly) and it's been quite revealing and I wouldn't bother my doctor unless specific things showed up pretty high or kept showing up or I had other symptoms.
Good they are keeping an eye on things and, if trace amounts, I wouldn't worry too much.
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