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What Causes Blood After Urinating?
my 75 year old mother has blood showing when using the restroom, she wears pads and there is nothing showing on them but when she urinates the toilet water becomes bright red, and when she wipes it shows up orange on the toilet paper. What can be the cause ? ( She is also on cumadin )
Mon, 3 Aug 2015
Hi & Welcome.
I appreciate your concern for your beloved mother.
Apparently it is caused by the drug Coumadin.
Bleeding is an important side effect of blood thinner Coumadin.
Bleeding from the nose, mouth, vagina, rectum or through urine, bleeding from the wounds or needle injections, etc and it usually does not stop.
She must be examined by her treating doctor to adjust the dose of Coumadin so that the following lab tests are maintained in their normal ranges:
1. Prothrombin Time: 1.5-2.5 times normal
2. Internataional Normalized Ratio: 2.5-3.5 times normal
Hope to have answered your query.
I appreciate your concern for your beloved mother.
Apparently it is caused by the drug Coumadin.
Bleeding is an important side effect of blood thinner Coumadin.
Bleeding from the nose, mouth, vagina, rectum or through urine, bleeding from the wounds or needle injections, etc and it usually does not stop.
She must be examined by her treating doctor to adjust the dose of Coumadin so that the following lab tests are maintained in their normal ranges:
1. Prothrombin Time: 1.5-2.5 times normal
2. Internataional Normalized Ratio: 2.5-3.5 times normal
Hope to have answered your query.
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