Bloody Urine (Read 943 times)

Well, it's been a long time since I've had this one. Went out for 8 miles at near race pace today, came back and peed a bunch of blood. I remember this happening a couple times ten years ago, and my coach told me to rehydrate. Is that all that is necessary?

I think there are multiple reasons one can pee blood and none are good. To a doctor!

I'm gonna go off the board and say that you *probably* have the runner's version of hematuria because you knocked yourself about... care of which will mean simply "wait it out". Alas, there are quite a few other things that could cause it, and so you may want to visit a doc to rule those things out. If it was me and I didn't have a fever or kidney pain***, I'd probably just wait it out for a day or two. THEN if it didn't go away, I'd go see someone. BUT... that's a bit of a risk if it is something else causing it. *** Actually, I'm lying. Because of a condition I have, if I see blood from weird places, I'm on my way to the doctor immediately. But if I didn't have this, I would wait it out for a day.

http://www.time-to-run.com/doctor/bloodyurine.htm I think I'm going to wait a day. I did pee right before running, and I have no other symptoms save some mild discomfort. The other times it happened were times I knew I was dehydrated and was on very long runs/treks...this time surprised me a little, but as I think about it, I sweated inordinately yesterday and rehydrated with Laphroaig.

I'm no doctor, but I did have a kidney stone about 3 and half years ago that had me peeing blood. It only caused mild discomfort for a few days, not the agony most people describe. The reason was that the stone was pretty big and it took a long time to work its way through the ureter. Eventually it got stuck, and blocked the flow of urine, causing extreme pain, like I was gonna explode. Three procedures later and I was good as new. The urologist said that being dehydrated can cause kidney stones. The kidneys make these crystals, but if you're hydrated you pee enough to eliminate them, but if you're dehydrated often, they can accumulate. He said it was OK to drink lots of beer because it'd help prevent the stones. That's my kind of doctor!!!

Go see a doctor.

Yep, one reason women live longer than guys do is that we tend to get in to see a doc at the first sign of something that could potentially be serious. We also generally are better about routine care. I know that my hubby has not been to the doctor since BEFORE we conceived our 7.5 year old son (and only because I told him that I wasn't having a kid with him until I was reasonably certain that he'd be around until we kicked the kid out of the nest). And this is a guy who has had high triglycerides and high BP and comes from a family with a history of these sorts of issues. Pissing blood...yeah, I'd not be taking a wait-and-see and assuming that it's benign.

I know that my hubby has not been to the doctor since BEFORE we conceived our 7.5 year old son (and only because I told him that I wasn't having a kid with him until I was reasonably certain that he'd be around until we kicked the kid out of the nest). And this is a guy who has had high triglycerides and high BP and comes from a family with a history of these sorts of issues.

If you won't follow anything the doc recommends anyway (diet, exercise, medications) there is no reason to go see one.....

Well, I sent off some stuff to get health insurance today. I need to maintain plausible deniability on any preexisting conditions.