Barts and The London Urology Centre
Haematuria is the medical term for blood in the urine. A minority of our patients have a serious cause for blood being present in urine, but it is important to investigate all our patients thoroughly to exclude cancer, infection, kidney or bladder stones.
When you arrive at our clinic, you will be asked to provide a sample of urine, then you will have a discussion with the urology nurse specialist who will discuss the haematuria testing process in detail - the nurse will answer any questions you may have.
We will ask you to have an x-ray called an intravenous urogram (IVU) and an ultrasound of your kidney, ureters and bladder. You will also have a blood test to investigate you kidney function.
Men above the age of forty will have a blood test to find out the level of prostatic specific antigen (PSA) in the blood. PSA is a specific test that is used as an indicator that tells us if you are at risk of prostate cancer. This does not diagnose you with prostate cancer, but it does give the medical team reason to investigate further.
The urology doctor will look inside your bladder with a thin flexible tube like a telescope known as a flexible cystoscopy. This procedure is done while you are awake and is relatively painless.
Address for our clinic:
Endoscopy Unit
Basement
E1 1BB