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Bloody urine : Why? Sports Doctor section - Time-to-Run - for your medical assistance

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ryanwestman   Dec 31st 2007, 3:45am
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Bloody urine: Why?

Long distance runners should always keep a close watch on their urine output since it serves as a good monitoring tool for keeping a check on fluid balance, especially if training regularly in hot weather. Such observation will have revealed to the avid urine-watching runner just how long it can sometimes take before voiding for the first time after an event such as a marathon. And it will also have been noticed just how concentrated the urine can appear at that first voiding. The concentrated appearance of the urine is a little troubling to some runners. How much more so, then, if at that first voiding after a marathon the runner sees not just concentrated urine, but instead, blood.

For most runners to whom this may happen, it is quite alarming to see what appears to be a substantial amount of blood loss. This is usually followed by panic and frantic telephone calls to whomever the afflicted runner thinks may be able to help in some way. Most times, the family GP is visited the next day and various tests are done to determine the possible cause of appearance of blood in the urine. With great relief the runner then usually learns that all is well and there is no need for any treatment.

Read the full article at: www.time-to-run.com

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