What is the reason for the redness of yellow urine? Who is behind this?

Under normal circumstances, men's urine is a light yellow liquid. It usually does not contain or occasionally contains trace amounts of red blood cells. If a disease occurs, it will cause an abnormal increase in red blood cells in the urine. So what causes red urine?

What are the symptoms of red urine?

Judging by the color of urine: urine is red to the naked eye and red under a microscope

Judging by the urine course: at which part of the urine course does the hematuria appear, whether it is the whole urine course, and whether there are blood clots;

Judge based on physical illness: whether there is high blood pressure, nephritis, whether there is deafness in the family, etc.

Judging by age: Red urine has no age distinction and is generally more common in young and middle-aged people and the elderly.

Who is behind red urine?

More than 95% of red urine is caused by urinary tract infection, among which glomerular disease, kidney cysts and stones, prostate hyperplasia, urinary tract infection and other diseases are the most common. Hemorrhagic cystitis, urinary stones, renal tuberculosis, renal tumors, kidney and urethra injuries, etc. may also cause hematuria.

1. Urinary stones: These include kidney, ureter, bladder or urethra stones.

2. Urinary and reproductive system infections: such as pyelonephritis, renal tuberculosis, cystourethritis, prostatitis, orchitis, seminal vesiculitis, etc.

3. Urinary system damage: various chemicals or medicines damage the kidneys, causing red urine, etc.

What harm does red urine cause?

Many people do not seek timely diagnosis and treatment when their urine becomes red. One important reason is that they do not feel any discomfort after their urine becomes red. The most dangerous thing about red urine is that it doesn't hurt you.

Red urine in young and middle-aged people: Red urine is a serious symptom of urinary system diseases. The series of diseases it causes not only affect the normal work, life and study of adolescents, but is also an important cause of infertility. Therefore, if symptoms of hematuria occur, the cause should be identified and symptomatic treatment should be given in a timely manner.

Red urine in middle-aged and elderly people: Painless hematuria. Except for red urine, there are no other symptoms or discomfort, and this hematuria can disappear temporarily without treatment. The redness of urine occurs intermittently, sometimes there and sometimes not. Whenever the redness of the urine disappears, patients always think that the disease has been eliminated. In fact, this intermittent, painless hematuria is often a clinical manifestation of urinary system tumors. Once hematuria suddenly worsens, it is often a sign of advanced cancer.

According to statistics, among patients with painless red urine, bladder cancer accounts for almost 50% and kidney cancer accounts for 40%. This type of tumor mostly occurs in middle-aged and elderly people over 40 years old. Therefore, when people reach middle age and experience painless hematuria, they must remain highly vigilant. From the first time red urine appears, you should find out the cause and never delay.