Hi! My mother has on and off lower abdominal pain . She is 77 years old. Her urine test shows an RBC result of 10-12/hpf. What does this mean? She s taking maintenance medicines for her heart (vastarel and concore) and other food supplements. She also had a history of colorectal CA in 2005, had 6 sessions of chemotherapy . Follow up whole abdomen CT Scan after one year showed that she s clear.
Hello checkmate. Welcome to Chat Doctor. Its hematuria. The causes may be many such as: kidney damage, tumors which erode the urinary tract anywhere along its length, kidney trauma, urinary stones, renal infarcts, acute tubular necrosis, upper and lower urinary tract infections, nephrotoxic, and physical stress.Also, this is usually associated with urinary infection, such pain, burning sensation while urinating and often need to urinate are typical signs of it. So she need to do urinalysis and pro ultrasound. Till that she can Chat Doctor. Hope I have answered your query. If you have any further questions I will be happy to help