Male urine is red but not painful

Expect to see a light yellow color in the bowl. But what does it mean if you find red? Blood in the urine is called gross hematuria, and it can indicate a serious health problem, such as a bladder infection or cancer. The color of the blood may range from a mild pale pink to a dark brown to a thick, dark clot.

1. Traumatic damage of any kind - for example, a severe blow to kidney function - can cause urination. If the kidneys are disconnected or torn by force, blood can leak into surrounding tissues and then into the urine.

2. Infection When bacteria invade the urogenital system, like a bladder or male prostate infection, the body's natural inflammatory mediators can cause bleeding.

3. Kidney stones. These stones will cause friction. Because they rub against the internal organs of the human body, many shoes will cause small blisters. The tender tissues of the body bleed more easily than the hard surface skin.

4. Cancer

Cancerous cells in the bladder, kidneys or urethra - the tubes that carry urine from the body - can also disrupt healthy tissue, so they start to bleed. In addition, tumors grow rapidly and require a large blood supply. These small sprouting blood vessels also often burst open and leak blood.

5. Excessive exercise

Exercising vigorously - especially jogging - can also cause visible bleeding. Doctors and nurses don't know why, but think it occurs because the activity can cause mild damage to the bladder or cause the body to destroy blood cells.

Sometimes if you see bright red, it may not be blood at all. Some foods - such as vegetables and fruits - can change urine color.

So if you see anything that you think is blood, see a doctor. Specific blood in the urine is more serious: In the Journal of Urology, 47% of patients with visible blood in the urine were diagnosed with kidney or genitourinary health problems that required medical treatment - 41% of whom had bladder cancer.

If you also have other symptoms such as pain, fever or chills, and bleeding, it could mean infection or kidney stones. But painless bleeding can increase the red signs of cancer.

In fact seeing blood in the urine is more likely to cause a serious condition because its presence in external economic analysis of the urine - as in the body, for example - can also highlight the problem.

This is called microhematuria, and it's actually very common: up to 18% of the population may have blood in their urine, without pain or other symptoms.

In most cases, this does not mean a big c: only 2% of patients with asymptomatic gross hematuria are found to have urinary system cancer.