Hello, my name is Olen and I have end stage renal disease, last night a cousin called and she has had numerous bouts of kidney infections, she has had blood in her urine.Could she be leading up to kidney failure like me? I m going to talk with her on the phone tonight, any thoughts?
Thanks for your query. Bouts of hematuria may be due to kidney or bladder disease. Even if it is kidney, in few cases it may reach to end stage renal disease, in others it could be harmless. She may need a renal biopsy if suspected to have hematuria of renal origin. In any case, if I were her treating doctor, I would examine her clinically and first run basic tests of complete blood count, urine exam, presence of proteinuria and then if needed biopsy. You should consult a physician/ nephrologist. Thanks for using Chat Doctor.