He has been recently busy and running around, often going a whole day without drinking a glass of water. Last week, he noticed his urine had become darker and was accompanied by symptoms such as urethral pain and reduced urine output. He quickly went to the PLA 254 Hospital for a consultation. After laboratory tests, the doctor told him he had hematuria, which was directly related to not drinking enough water. Overexertion can lower a person's immunity, and insufficient water intake leads to concentrated urine and reduced urine volume, weakening the urinary tract's ability to clear local bacteria. This can result in a urinary tract infection, and the inflammation in the urinary tract then damages the integrity of local capillaries, leading to blood leaking into the urine.
Wang Jun, Deputy Chief Physician of the Urology Department at PLA 254 Hospital, explained that not drinking enough water can also easily lead to urinary tract calculi, which is another major cause of hematuria.
Hematuria is not the name of a disease.