just went to pcp andd was told i have traces of blood in my urin.........any one know possible causes and concerns i should have?..i am on cefrin antibiotics 2 x a day,could this causes this?
Posted by HEATHERKISS (Member # 6789) on :
kidney stones?
Posted by LymeLaura (Member # 6624) on :
Babesia can. It's know as "red water fever" in cattle.
Posted by Carol in PA (Member # 5338) on :
Lenny, Your primary care physician should be the one to answer your questions about this during your appointment.
If you got rattled during the appointment and forgot to ask something (this is awfully common), give the office a call, and talk to the nurse.
Did your doctor say if you needed any further tests? Are you scheduled to see him again?
Hope you can get some answers. Carol
Posted by Gabrielle (Member # 5329) on :
I have this since at least 37 years. Despite lots of painful exams they never found the reason why.
I think in my case it's Lyme or Babs related. Don't know if I have Babs, though.
Posted by treepatrol (Member # 4117) on :
I think you said your on ceftin? Well when I was on that one I had the most severe yeast problem by not taking enough acidophilis and made a mistake of having a regular soda pop.
You may have this yeast problem further up your urinary tract than I did. Make no mistake yeast can eat away the protective linings.
Posted by cantgiveupyet (Member # 8165) on :
Interesting Tree- most of my problems started after my one week of taking cedax (same family as ceftin)
big lenny- was a culture done or just one of those dip stick tests. The dip stick test showed i had traces of blood and nitrates....but when the culture/urinalysis came back it showed niether. If this wasnt sent out to the lab i would probably go back and see if they can order a urinalysis/culture.
Posted by Linda LD (Member # 6663) on :
My Dad has this every couple of years--a lot. I too think it is Babesia. but Dad doesn't believe in Lyme disease...
L
Posted by vachick (Member # 8353) on :
Lenny, I have had hematuria (trace blood in urine) on and off for years. Is this something new for you? Some people have the condition and a cause is never found.
Mine was hereditary from my grandmother. However, I wouldn't doubt if Lyme had something to do with it along with my irritable bladder (which they never found a cause for)!
Have the test done again in a few weeks to see if you get the same result. As we know, tests are done at a point in time and I wouldn't think anything of it unless the result was the same more than once for something like hematuria.
It could be a slight urinary infection...or just about anything...that could go away on its own.
Posted by big lenny (Member # 3048) on :
thank you all for your very reasuring and helpfull advice... i go back to pcp in afew days to see if urinalysis shows up with blood trace or not ...im hopin for the best!!!!