Originally Posted by
MightyPC
At Xmas I had terrible problems with urine; always having to go but only producing dribbles, a full bladder feeling all the time, having to get up in the night and horrendeous back pain. After constant nagging by my mrs I went to the Dr who done a urine test. Like you, no infection but traces of blood. She said it could be an infection (which I did not believe as there is a bit on the stick for infection) or a kidney stone. After a week of antibiotics I was re-checked and all was clear though i felt worst. I googled it and freaked. This was the start of my HA. To cut a long story short, I decided to go private a few weeks back now, saw a fantastic urologist who scanned my kidneys and bladder with ultrasound. Again there were traces of blood in my urine. He said that as he had felt my prostrate this could have caused the blood and that these dip sticks are too bloody sensitive though to be on the safe side he would send my sample to a lab to have a test for red blood cells. All was clear.
Exercise can cause blood in urine too. My advice would be to go back to Dr`s explain that there may have been a mix up and have a re-test. If you used the wrong tube then yes, as these dip sticks are so sensitive.