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My daughter, currently age 6, has suffered from abdominal pain for a few years and frequently says it is painful to urinate. Her pediatrician prescribed stool softeners. Nov 2001 she urinated blood. Blood tests and ultrasound were normal (per dr). April 2002 she urinated blood again. Her urine was tested and she was given amoxicillin, then augmentin (it was very painful to urinate at this time). Doctor doesn't seem worried by this, but I am concerned with the continual abdominal pain, frequent periods of painful urination and second episode of urinating blood. Should I be worried?
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Blood in urine is called as Hematuria. Hematuria can be due to a variety of causes such as kidney stones, glomerulonephritis (kidney disease) or even urinary infection. Your child definitely needs to get investigated for recurrent hematuria and may require certain blood test and urine tests for the same. You may need to consult a pediatric nephrologist for the same. In the meantime, you can read the article on "Blood in Urine" on www.pediatriconcall.com or from the link given below: http://www.pediatriconcall.com/forpatients/CommonChild/Kidney_problems/ blood_in_urine.asp Back to All Questions

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