Urinary tract infections are sometimes associated with hematuria, which is less common with upper urinary tract infections and more common with lower urinary tract infections.
Urinary tract infections include upper and lower urinary tract infections. Hematuria is less common in upper urinary tract infections, including acute pyelonephritis if it is caused by an upward infection or if the infection involves the lower urinary tract; whereas renal pus and perinephritis mostly do not have hematuria.
Lower urinary tract infection hematuria is more common, such as acute bacterial cystitis patients hematuria is very common, mostly terminal hematuria, sometimes will be the whole hematuria or even discharge blood clots; chronic bacterial bladder, urethritis is also sometimes seen hematuria.
After urinary tract infection, pathogens destroy the epithelium of the urinary tract and the inflammatory reaction will damage the capillaries, and red blood cells appear in the urine.
Hematuria is the clinical manifestation of a variety of urological diseases, it is recommended that patients with hematuria consult a doctor in a timely manner, and follow the doctor’s instructions for examination and treatment.