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Where Blood Can Enter the Urinary Tract

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Where Blood Can Enter the Urinary Tract
Where Blood Can Enter the Urinary Tract. Blood may enter urine anywhere from the kidney’s filtering tissue to the urethra. The location and cause cannot be determined by urine color alone.
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Where Blood Can Enter the Urinary Tract. Urine color cannot identify the source. Evaluation follows the patient’s risk, symptoms, and objective findings. Labels: Kidney tissue or mass; Cyst, injury, infection, or tumor; Kidney or ureteral stone; Mechanical irritation; Bladder lining; Infection, inflammation, stone, radiation change, or tumor; Kidney filters; Medical kidney disease or inflammation; Ureter lining; Inflammation or urothelial tumor; Prostate; Benign enlargement, inflammation, procedure, or tumor; Urethra; Infection, narrowing, trauma, instrumentation, or lesion; Visible hematuria; Microscopic hematuria; Clot retention: urgent when urine cannot pass.