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Blood In Urine Due To Celiac Disease?


Wendy813

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Hi. I recently tested positive for Celiac Disease. Learning to live gluten-free is difficult to say the least. Also, I have blood in my urine. I ask the doctor on a scale of 1-10 how much blood and he said they measure by 1-4 and I am a 4. I had a urine culture which came back fine. I will be going for the CT Scan but I do not want to go for the cystoscopy. Ladies, I'm sure you understand why. My question is: is Celiac the reason for the blook in the urine? Has anyone had this? Any comments would be appreciated. Thank you.

Wendy


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I have. In my case it is due to kidney damage and becomes more pronounced when I get accidentally glutened or soyed.

Do make sure that you investigate this throughly. No one wants to do a cystoscopy but if they want to do it and the diet hasn't lessened or relieved the bleeding get one done. The doctor can give you something to relax you about the procedure and they will numb the area before using the cystoscope. It shouldn't be any more embarrassing than having your annual pap smear. If you should have bladder cancer you want it found before it spreads.

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