fairgoes

Hiya. whole family had our meds week before last. Kids fine. But hubby and I both showed a trace of blood in the urine. He said it was a microscopic amount. Anyway, went to our GP next day and he sent more urine off to labs and those came back with negative blood in urine, for both.

Now what?! What will DIMIA want us to do?

Did anyone else have this problem at all?

CasG

I did - DIMIA just being pedantic - or careful, depending on your mood at the time

No problems though - they just want to see the clear result from Panel Doc (or your urine - not his!!)

Cas

teach

Hi fairgoes,
I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. A slight trace of blood in urine can be caused through mild dehydration. Our panel doctor told us to make sure we drank loads of water on day of meds to make sure that we gave clear samples.
Sarah

Spindels

My wife did but when she went back the second time it was ok.

fairgoes

Thanks that's good advice. I think my husband did. Our GP is doing further investigation. We may have to go to a urologist to get a specialist report. Problem is that it costs £140 just for the consultation then more for the tests and further consultations. Could be scary.

fairgoes

I'm hoping that will be the case with us.

bex 66

Hi

we have been down this path, what you need to do is see your GP and ask him to refer you to a one stop haematuria clinic, they so all the investigations in one day xrays ultrasounds and cystoscopy, ( look inside the bladder ) there may be a bit of a delay but it would be done and dusted.
best wishes

bex 66

soapy©

we had the same thing with our daughter, turs out it can be a few things, womans time of the month or if you have one of those implants in your arm. the others are a bit more serious.
once u get the all clear though, everything will go ok
hope it helps

soapy©

oh and i meant to mention. we were told not to drink water, cant rmbr why. but it can make the amount of blood worse

soapy©

ah, i think i rmbr now. it makes your pish more concentrated. drinking water will show the blood more dont ask me why, im a male

fairgoes

Thanks guys for all the advice. Think we will ask the GP about the clinic. Sounds like the best way to go then can send DIMIA their report, hopefully that will keep them happy. It's just a hassle we could do without...you know what I mean!

Anastasia Beaverhausen

Oh bother, I have one of those implants. I hope the doc takes that into consideration when I have my meds done (assuming there is any blood that is)

soapy©

It’s not really the implant. It’s the fact that it can make your monthly’s irregular, this will mean u have blood in your urine most of the time.

fairgoes

Do you have the address/tel no. of this clinic. We could make a plan to go up there, or they might know of one locally.

Cheers