What does blood in urine of a child indicate?
Patient: Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? type your query Please here... I have a year old son who has had a cold for more than a week. 2 days ago, he had a really high temperature 40 degrees, was taken to hospital and then discharged. Yesterday his urine became brown, took him to the doctor who then sent him to hospital for a check up. He was sent home with antibiotics. Today he has been getting blood in the urine what does that indicate Doctor: Hello, Brown or black color in urine in a one-year-old child can be due to urinary tract infection, urethritis, acute glomerulonephritis, or renal stones. Kindly do complete blood count, kidney function test, urine routine microscopy, and culture test, and ultrasound abdomen.-Give more fluids to the child.-An examination by the doctor should be done so that we may not miss any important findings.-Review back with the above reports.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.Regards,Dr. Deepak Patel