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Berger's disease (idiopathic hematuria)
A kidney disease that occurs when an antibody (called IgA) embeds itself inside the kidney, causing it to become inflamed and sometimes lose its ability to properly filter out waste and excess water from the blood.
Dr. Geoffreysss Rutledgeee reviewed this
41 years experience
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Baby 0-2 | Rare | ||||
Toddler 3-5 | Rare | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | |||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | |||||
Senior 60+ |
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A 32-year old male asked:
My 5 months son has some bloody color spots on his diapers since yesterday, Is it hematuria? I started some solid Gerber since last week for him.
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A 39-year old asked:
I am 28 years old female. I've had hematuria on and off for 2 years now. I'm 96.5 lbs. What am I going to do with my hematuria?
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A 35-year old asked:
Is Hematuria caused by the blood?
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A 45-year old asked:
What can cause gross hematuria with no other symptoms?
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A 32-year old female asked about a male:
What's the cause of hematuria for a 2-3 years old boy?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I had a case of gross, painless hematuria a few weeks ago. My doc said it wasn't a UTI because I didn't have proper symptoms of it. The bleeding lasted for about 5 days. What could the outcome have been? Or was it just a harmless case?
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A 33-year old asked:
what's acute hematuria caused by?
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A 29-year old asked:
What causes hematuria in the urine?
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A 40-year old asked:
What increases my risk for hematuria?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can hematuria be a very dangerous situation?
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A 40-year old asked:
Does prostatitis cause gross hematuria ?
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A 40-year old male asked:
Foods to ease blood loss due to hematuria?
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A 35-year old asked:
How does one read a urology report for hematuria?
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A 40-year old asked:
Does dark yellowish/ orangish urine always indicate hematuria (blood in the urine)?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Could gross hematuria occur 36 hr after trauma? If is only one episode merits further evaluation?
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A 69-year old male asked:
One episode gross hematuria 2 months ago No subsequent micro or macro hematuria, with 7 micros. Cytologies negative . 69 years .complete workup?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Im 16 w/t hematuria and i wanna talk to a uralogist about masturbating and stuff, does he have the permission to tell my conversation to my parents.
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A 18-year old female asked:
What's a possible diagnosis on recurrent, painless, gross hematuria? I've had it last month, it lasted for about 4 days. Exactly a month later it happened again. What's the outcome? I was put on antibiotics & was told to drink lots of water. I seldom dran
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A 37-year old asked:
Hematuria and proteinuria reflect a kidney problem?
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A 43-year old male asked:
How long should hematuria take after ureteroscopy with stent in place ?
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A 46-year old female asked about a 88-year old male:
What is happening to the prostate when the patient have gross hematuria? HPB patient.
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A 32-year old asked:
How do you tell that you have hematuria or you are having a viginal bleeding because you are pregnant?
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A 16-year old male asked:
Have hematuria no cause w/t nothing unusual like pain, etc.Dr said to wait prob. a trauma,it goes away but comes back 20%of times after masturbation?
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A 33-year old asked:
How rare is loin pain, hematuria syndrome?
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A 20-year old male asked:
Why nephrotic syndrome cause massive proteinuria but no hematuria?
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A 21-year old female asked:
Why is there hematuria in nephritic syndrome and not in nephrotic syndrome?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Can gross painless hematuria affect pregnancy? Doctors aren't sure what the cause is for the hematuria is, but can it affect my baby? :(
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A 28-year old female asked:
Would bacterial vaginitis cause microscopic hematuria ?
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A 45-year old female asked:
I have a lump on my thyroid and a biopsy revealed suspicious Hrthle cells. I also have microscopic hematuria. Is there a connection?
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A 19-year old female asked:
A year after I jumped out a 2 story window I had hematuria & hydronephrosis left kidney. Now I found out I had ureteral obstruction. Any connection?
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