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Hematuria
Hematuria (haematuria; Greek haimatos, haima - blood + Greek uron - urine; synonym: true hematuria) - the presence of erythrocytes or blood in the urine.
Types of hematuria:
- Initial (initialis; Latin initialis - initial, referring to the beginning; synonym: initial hematuria) - determined only in the first portion of urine; noted with a tumor, injury or inflammation of the urethra;
- Macroscopic (macroscopica; synonym: macrohematuria) - the presence of blood in the urine, visible to the naked eye;
- Renal (renalis) - most often total, caused by kidney damage;
- Familial benign (familiaris benigna; synonym: hematuria familial hereditary) - noted as the only clinical symptom of hereditary nephritis;
- Terminal (terminalis; Latin terminalis - final; synonym: final hematuria) - detected only in the last portion of urine (at the end of the act of urination); is noted against the background of diseases of the bladder neck;
- Total (totalis) - determined during the entire act of urination; observed in diseases of the urinary system located above the urethra.
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