my dad has blood in urine and he is becoming weak is it due to liver failure
hello I welcome you to icliniq I can understand you must be very upset about your father the history you provided provides a little clue to what excatly he is suffering with non visible blood in urine is called microscopic hematuria some liver condition can cause this problem such as hepatitis viral infection hepatitis viral infection recent drug use or advanced liver disease secondary to any cause with advanced liver disease platelets white cells in blood which control bleeding are decreased that why patient is prone to develop bleeding from any site may be in urine skin or sometime internally within abdomen the swelling you mentioned possibly be secondary to fluid collection over legs and which resolves with medications called diuretics which increase urine formation if these all findings combined it is possible that your father is suffering from liver cirrhosis also called scarring of liver dear the liver cirrhosis requires a long term management with initially medical and supportive treatment followed by liver transplant which is the definite therapy if you want to discuss with me in more detail plus want to show up his previous investigations I strongly urge you to use icliniq forum you can easily book a consultation via text phone or video and get in touch with me I hope this will help good day liver cirrhosis complete blood count liver function test serum album and total protein ag ratio bun or lytes urine do stool do alpha fetoprotien ultrasound of liver with doppler follow up to discuss and provide more information
he my dad becoming weak day by day we consulted doctor who told the urine is containing blood also although its not visible looking at urine his leg was also swelling on medication it became fine he also added it may be liver failure but he did not confirm how he is becoming weak age 73weight 70 height 2i would be thankful if I get a prompt reply