Why is my child's urine red?

Under normal circumstances, children's urine is light yellow and has a relatively clear and transparent feeling. The amount of water a child drinks, the amount of sweat he sweats, and changes in his diet will cause the color of his urine to change, but these changes are within the normal range. If you find that your child's urine is red, it should attract the mother's attention, as this phenomenon is likely caused by illness.

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.

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: Diet-induced

Why does children’s urine turn red: caused by diet.

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 Precautions for children with red urine and 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.

Associated symptoms :

1. Accompanied by edema and hypertension, kidney disease should 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.