Some food such as beetroot, certain drugs may stain the urine to orange
colour but urine examination will not show any red blood
corpuscles (RBC).
Blood in the urine can be painful or painless. Many times patient
sees the blood in the urine (Macroscopic). Sometimes it is detected
only by routine laboratory examination (Microscopichaematuria).
Both types of heamaturia are to be taken seriously and even one episode
of haematuria needs complete evaluation to assess the cause and
treat it.
Cancer is the common cause of haematuria in persons over the
age of 50 years.
