Hematuria

(hem-at-u' -re-ah). He matures is. Blood in the urine. It may be due to injury, local disease, general disorder, the presence of entozoa. When only the coloring-matter of the blood is found in the urine, it is termed hemoglobinuria or hematin uri a. The color of the urine in hematuria varies from bright-red to a dingy, smoky color, or to merely a tinging of the urine. The urine may be examined for blood-corpuscles by means of the microscope; the presence of blood may be demonstrated by the spectroscope. Almen's, or the acum test, or Heller ' s test may be made. See Tests, Table of. H., Intermittent, that form due to malarial poisoning. H., Paroxysmal. Same as H, Intermittent.