Bladder Cancer symptoms

do what ever it takes to get scoped, even if you must pay to have it done privately. your piece of mind is worth more. orillia.

Hi Trev84

im sure someone more clued up on haematuria after exercise will be able to answer your question.

However, you should push for a referral to a urologist as “exercise induced” should be a diagnosis only after exclusion of anything else.

Hi Trev84

My experience of haematuria came after a bumpy bike ride but at my age a referral was automatic. Only a cystoscopy can check the inside of your bladder so you must insist that you are referred pdq.

Let us know how you get on.

CB

Still waiting on the results of the urine sample...I handed this in on Wednesday morning. Does anyone know how long it takes to get results?

Sorry to hear of your problem and would like you to know that if you repost your thread to one of the nurses they might be able to give you an answer they can be contacted on Ask a Nurse page (click on the green text to be redirected to their page where you can repost by pasting your question, they aim to respond in two working days)

I also found this for you as you said you couldn't find anything written down

• Strenuous exercise. It's rare for strenuous exercise to lead to gross hematuria, and the cause is unknown. It may be linked to trauma to the bladder, dehydration or the breakdown of red blood cells that occurs with sustained aerobic exercise.

  Runners are most often affected, although anyone can develop visible urinary bleeding after an intense workout. If you see blood in your urine after exercise, don't assume it's from exercising. See your doctor.

Often the cause of hematuria can't be identified.

Risk factors

Almost anyone — including children and teens — can have red blood cells in the urine. Factors that make this more likely include:

• Age. Many men older than 50 have occasional hematuria due to an enlarged prostate gland.
• A recent infection. Kidney inflammation after a viral or bacterial infection (post-infectious glomerulonephritis) is one of the leading causes of visible urinary blood in children.
• Family history. You might be more prone to urinary bleeding if you have a family history of kidney disease or kidney stones.
• Certain medications.Aspirin, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory pain relievers and antibiotics such as penicillin are known to increase the risk of urinary bleeding.
• Strenuous exercise. Long-distance runners are especially prone to exercise-induced urinary bleeding. In fact, the condition is sometimes called jogger's hematuria. But anyone who works out strenuously can develop symptoms.

Another alternative is to have a private consultation with a hospital consultant and he may refer you for a scope on the NHS.

I hope you get help soon if only to put your mind at rest 

Ian

Thanks Ian. That has at eased my worry somewhat, good to know that there was some logic behind what the GP was saying, was beginning to feel like I was being fobbed off! Will explore the possibility of a private consultation to speed things along.

Hi Trev84, Shame you didn't manage to catch any of the red wee in a pot.  I took my red sample into the Dr and that's what got her to refer me, after a good while of being told I had an irritable bladder and that I was probably too young to get BC!

I'd go for a strenuous run to try and make it happen again to get a good sample!

Please keep pushing your Dr.

Good Luck.

You can ring up the surgery the next day & get your results Trev, well that's what I do.  

If you're not happy, seek a second opinion, & insist that you want a cystoscopy.

All the best mate!