Not Another Bloody Urine

Author: Andrew Charlton Editor: Mark Winstanley / Reviewer: Andrew Charlton / Codes:  / Published: 23/12/2021

A final year medical student presents to the Emergency Department describing 3 episodes of frank haematuria. He is caucasian, 25 years old and describes a history of recent mild fever, which he attributed to a viral illness. He is otherwise well, denies dysuria or any other urinary symptoms. He has not had any abdominal pain. He is low risk for Sexually Transmitted Infections and he describes passing red-stained urine 3 times in the last 24 hours. He does not have any other past medical history and does not normally take any medications. He denies any problems with bruising and hasn’t noticed any rash. He does not have any family history of any illnesses.

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