Bleeding from kidney stones

The blood is so scary!  I’m sorry.  :-(  Obviously I’m not a doc but I can offer my experience. 

I had episodes of bleeding for 8 months and it eventually stopped.  I had a CT, cystoscopies, MRI, colonoscopy, and cytology evaluations and everything looks fine. But  I’m on warfarin and the doc thinks that the medicine + the trapped kidney stone caused the blood. My urethra was also narrow (stricture), which could have caused some minute blood as well. 

Are you taking any medications or herbal supplements  (aspirin etc) that can thin your blood. Also, an infection (kidney, UTI) is the most likely cause of blood.   Did they give you meds?  Are you exercising strenuously?

The CT scan result is good news. Obviously, it’s not 100% but most likely any larger tumors would have been seen then.   Please try not to be very afraid of the next steps.  As you can tell from all the posts, it’s often quite a long process to get thru all the testing.  

As far as no blood in the urine sample — My urine tests were on and off fine.  Blood can be present and then flush out before the doc.  It takes a tiny bit of blood to dye urine reddish. 

My urologist said that he will tell me when to worry.  So far, I’m in the clear. 

I hope that this offers you comfort.  That fact that you went to the doc right away is a good thing.  Keep us updated!  

—M

PS to Ray— I’m so sorry about your diagnosis.  Thinking of you and wishing for positive outcome from your treatment. 

Ive had some similar issues over the last month and a half.  Started with visible blood in urine, by the time i got to my dic later that week there wasnt blood in the urine sample, no bacteria found cultures good. The next week happened again this time with horrible pain in my right side groin area.  Went to urgent care and there was blood in my urine sample and they did an xray to see if they could see a stone but saw nothing, although he said its hard to see them with that type of xray. Was good for a while no issues. Then this morning the blood is back.  Cant get in at the urologist till next week. But im not in pain. This sounds so much like some of the descriptions i read here, maybe i just need some peace of mind.  What could this be?

Another update.  I had ten sessions of palliative radiotherapy over a period of two weeks  (23rd October - 3rd November if I remember correctly).  My bleeding symptoms had eased considerably prior to the first session but the treatment aimed to reduce/stop the bleeding for a bit longer. I'm still more or less ok now, and a CT scan on 10th January showed the tumour to be reduced in size, bladder wall still intact and all organs and lymph glands normal. I'm hoping that this situation will continue for  many more months, though I accept that palliative radiotherapy is just that i.e. it is not a cure. My long term outlook is somewhat uncertain and living day to day is the way I cope with it mentally.  I'm 68 so, whatever happens, I have already had a reasonable innings and living day to day is no real hardship. I do of course hope that when the symptoms recur and/or the cancer spreads the medics will be able to offer some form of treatment to control things for a bit longer.  Incidentally, radiotherapy is an almost magical treatment.  It seems to work, does not hurt, takes only a few minutes per session as an out patient and the side effects for a palliative dose are easily bearable. When combined with chemotherapy, it can be very successful at forcing certain cancers in to remission.  My heart valve problem has up 'til now precluded chemo or surgery to attack the bladder tumour but my cardiologist, urologist and oncologist may offer something if the balance of risks shifts in the future.

Thanks for the good vibes and wishes and I hope that all of you with similar symptoms are duly treated, enabling a return to normal life. Do keep your doctors informed if symptoms recur or you feel unwell or frightened.  They can help.

In September 2014 I passed a couple drops of blood at the very end of my urine stream. I panicked and went right to the doctor. They treated me for a Uti even though I had no symptoms whatsoever. A couple months later I had blood again, went back to urgent care where I got more antibiotics. When that culture came back negative again I called the urologist. 

All the while I passed visible blood randomly. It wasn’t until march (so 6 months after initial bleeding) that I finally passed a painful stone on the same morning I was due into the urologist for my ct scan results. So YES, blood can come from stones still sitting in the kidneys. I had not even a stitch of pain for those 6 months until the morning it started to actually pass. 

I had blood in urine for months.  periodic stabbing pain.  symptoms of UTI took two tests both negative and started taking a shot of grapeseed oil every day and passed one large stone one small.  

Hello, I was diagnosed with my first kidney stone this week. It started with blood in my urine. No back pain so I really didn't know what was going on. I went to the ED around 1am. About 3 hours into my visit the worst pain, comparable to child birth, started in my lower right side. CT scan showed a kidney stone. I'm not sure if I have passed the stone or not but the blood in urine continues. I've read the "red wine" comparison which is what I have everyday and and every trip to the bathroom. I do have an appointment with a urologist this monday but am very concerned about the amount of blood still in my urine for the past 6 days. I also have some menstrual like pain but don't have any parts to cause this. Any ideas would be helpful!

Have had a 7mm kidney stone for over two years Numerous kidney and u.t.i infections. Blood in urine and high calcium levels .Also have smaller ones too. Went to an urologist who said we all have kidney stones and if it was really that bad I would have had sepsis and be in i.c.u. but saw tests showing stones but ordered no tests and just gave me prescription to not pee so much . Have been in so much pain and still working 40 plus a week . Don't know what to do . I really thought he was going to help me .