Your child's urine is red

Have you noticed that the urine we excrete changes with the amount of water we drink and the changes in our diet? It changes from the normal light yellow and transparent color to a lighter color, and the color can no longer be seen. This is a normal reaction. After all, the human body is a complete system with various parts connected to each other. But sometimes we find that children’s urine appears red. What is the reason?

1 Disease: Hematuria Why does children’s urine turn red: caused by hematuria. Cause: If the child's urine is like meat washing water or bright red blood, and turns into soy sauce color after being left for a long time, this indicates hematuria, which is common in acute nephritis, pyelonephritis, renal tuberculosis, urinary tract stones, urinary system trauma, systemic hemorrhagic diseases, etc., you should be especially alert to kidney malignant tumors in childhood.

2 Disease: Pseudohematuria Why does children’s urine turn red: caused by pseudohematuria. Cause: For example, vaginal, uterine, menstrual bleeding and hemorrhoidal bleeding can be mixed in the urine and blood cells may be found in the urine test. There are other reasons why urine may be bloody, such as hemoglobinuria, porphyria, etc. There are no red blood cells in these red urines, so these are not hematuria.

3 Non-disease: What causes red urine in children? Diet causes red urine. Cause: If your child's urine is red, first confirm whether the child has eaten certain colored foods or vegetables, such as red dragon fruit, blackberries, amaranth, beets, etc., or taken some medications that can make the urine red: such as rifampicin, iron supplements, etc., which may cause red urine.

4. Things to note when children have red urine or hematuria. Hematuria in children is often seen in acute nephritis and bladder stones, while in adolescents or middle-aged people it is often seen in bacterial infection, tuberculosis, stones, and nephritis. Painless hematuria in people over 40 years old should be considered as a tumor or inflammation. Men should consider prostate disease. Accompanied symptoms: 1. Accompanied by edema and hypertension, so kidney disease may be considered. 2. If hematuria is accompanied by a kidney mass, the possibility of a kidney tumor should be considered. 3. When hematuria is accompanied by renal colic, stones and blood clots are common causes, especially stones.

4. Common causes of hematuria include frequent urination, urgency, pain, and other inflammations. 5. Hematuria accompanied by tuberculosis symptoms such as low fever, night sweats, and frequent urination should be urinary tract tuberculosis. 6. Hematuria accompanied by bleeding in other parts of the body should be considered as a blood system disease. 7. Hematuria and urinary incontinence should be checked for filariasis. In addition, chyluria caused by compression of the tumor should be considered.