I recently went for my annual pap, my urine sample showed a trace of blood. They sent me to a Urologist for further testing. When the Urologist did a urine sample, blood was present at a level 1 (4 being the worst). I was sent to the hospital for an x-ray to see if it’s a kidney stone, nothing showed. He "felt around" and didn’t find any lumps, says he doesn’t think it’s any kind of growth because I’m 29 and a non-smoker. Now he wants to run another test, which involves running a tube up to my bladder to see if anything is going on. My only symptom is that a urinate a little more frequently than usual. The problem is I don’t have any insurance, and these office visits and tests are ridiculous costs. What should I do, keep going or just forget it? Any kinds of natural cures for clearing out your urine stream?

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My 11-year-old male cat (neutered and indoor) has kidney stones. For the past couple days he’s been having a lot of trouble urinating, and when he does manage to urinate there’s been blood in his urine. He’s also been vomiting and doesn’t have an appetite.

He’s had kidney stones a couple times before, and when I took him to the vet, they gave me these pills to give him, but he would just throw them up. I don’t remember what was in the pills they gave me, but I know they were an antibiotic.

What can I do to help him until I can get him to the vet? Is there any way I can help him break up the stones, like a special diet I could give him? I know I shouldn’t give him dry cat food — are there certain vitamins that could help break up the stones, or ways to encourage him to eat and drink more? Also, what can the vets do to help him, other than surgically removing the stones? Is there something like an antibiotic shot they could give him?

Thanks in advance!

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I have the cloudiness and the slight burning
sensation for this..any ideas would be
appreciated…I wake up thinking I have to urinate, but don’t….

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