Large amount of blood in urine after lithotripsy/kidney stone removal

Posted by v14 @v14, Oct 1, 2019

I was recently discharged from the hospital. I had a 6mm kidney stone they had to go in and break up and afterwards they put a stent in. I know that passing a bit of blood is normal for this, but I am concerned cause there is a lot. My urine is a bright red and seems to be mostly blood. Should I go back to the hospital? I don't want to waste a trip to the hospital if not because I don't have insurance and I'm already going to be receiving a large bill.

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terrymartin | @terrymartin | Oct 22 3:13pm

Hi, If you are still there let me know. T

Colleen Young, Connect Director | @colleenyoung | Oct 22 4:28pm

In reply to @terrymartin "Hi, If you are still there let me know. T" + (show)

Hi @terrymartin, welcome. Have you also had to deal with kidney stones?

shorton1215 | @shorton1215 | Nov 6 10:18am

As someone who has had 38 lithotripsy surgeries to remove stones from both kidneys over A period of 7 years, I typically get admitted to the hospital after and stay for a while, but the first several days I'm there, it is best I can describe it. There's a lot of blood for me and sometimes he'll see clots. I'm not sure if you typically stay in the hospital after your surgery or go home. It is normal to see blood, but if you're back home after several days and you still have a lot of blood, I would contact your Doctor about having your labs dry again just to make sure you're creatinine is at the normal level. I had one surgery and after that surgery my creatinine to the point where I almost had to be put on dialysis for shock treatment to get my kidneys working. My nephrologist back home here told me I had two options shock treatment dialysis or do another CT scan which they didn't want to do because I've already had so many. I opted for the CT scan and I ended up having another surgery because when they did the first one so many small particles got stuck in what's called the UVJ the common place for stones to get stuck. It all depends if you're at home or in the hospital still. If you're in the hospital they should be watching that closely. And if you are at home, it may not hurt to have just a basic BMP.