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Sep 18, 2005 - 7:18 pm
To go along with my prior posting, for over a month now my father has had blood in the urine. Some days it is every time he urinates, other days it is intermittently. Several days ago, it all together stopped but then it started again. The blood isn't diluted, rather, the initial stream is all blood. Either a couple of drops or one second or so of the initial stream. Thereafter, it is all urine. Since my father is on coumadin for a history of phlabitis and pulmonary embolism, we believe the bleeding may have something to do with his intake of coumadin. However, even lowering it to 1.5 mg a day hasn't helped. For a while we thought it may have something to do with iron supplements he takes because he is so anemic. We stopped that but it did not prevent the bleeding. I read on a website that in rare cases, bleeding may occur with pain killers such as Oxycodone and Vicodine that he is taking. Anyways, to date we have not figured it out and we want to try other things before a cystoscopy. Any suggestions, ideas, references, etc. will be helpful. |
Joined: Jun 2005
Re: Blood In Urine
Dear Reza:
Is PT & PTT of your father under control?May be coumadin is the reasone of hematuria.
Joined: Apr 2005
Re: Blood In Urine
bitaday. thanks for the response. Yes, his PT & PTT is under control based on the last series of blood tests. Any other suggestions are welcome.
Joined: Sep 2005
Re: Blood In Urine
Hi, my dad had all blood in his urine a month ago and finally ended up to be a kidney stone and cancer blocking his kidney...after 3 attempts they finally got it removed... he is now doing chemo for his prostate cancer that has spread into his lungs....
Joined: Apr 2005
Re: Blood In Urine
thanks for the response and I wish your father the best. Do you know if a cystoscopy was performed to detect and remove the kidney stone? Also, you mentioned cancer blocking his kidney. Where was the cancer? How did they detect the new cancer?