User:Bron766/Haematuria/Causes

 ''Your boss, Dr Mischief, is giving a presentation on haematuria tomorrow and he needs your help to explain some of the causes of haematuria. He hands you a list of his progress so far...'' What can cause Haematuria?

1. Are these all causes of haematuria? What other sources of information could you use to verify this list? 2. Dr Mischief hands you a quick note:  Just realised I might have made a couple of mistakes, fix them up won't you?

- Dr M.

Whoops! Actually Dr Mischief added in 3 things to this list that don't cause haematuria. Can you find them? 3. Time for you to get to work on completing this table. Make a copy on a new Wikiversity page (e.g. type  on your user page, click this link to start the new page and copy across the table from here). Or, create a new wordprocessing document.
 * Do you know what each of these diseases are? Define each of them in a single sentence for the second column of your table. See what you can do yourself (or have a guess), then look up the rest.
 * What do patients look like when they present with each of these diseases? Can you describe it in a single sentence in your own words?

Something has happened!  ''Bill, your helpful work experience student, has been doing some research too. He has a few questions for you when you've got a spare moment...'' {What does BPH stand for? { Benign Prostate Hyperplasia|Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia|benign prostate hyperplasia|benign prostatic hyperplasia }
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 * The answer is Benign Prostate Hyperplasia. Do you know why 'Benign Prostate Hyperplasia' is more correct than 'Benign Prostate Hypertrophy'?

{All these diseases look like they're really painful, are they? - Yes + No
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 * Haematuria can be painless even in large quantities and may still be a sign of serious pathology, e.g. bladder or kidney cancers.

{I found this on Dr Mischief's desk, what is it?

- Gallstone + Bladder stone - Bladder cancer
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 * This is a bladder stone removed from a bladder diverticulum. It was an incident finding during transvesical prostatectomy. It measured 14 millimeters in diameter.

{Is it true that Schistosoma are worms? It sounds really cool!!! But gross... - No + Yes
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 * Yes, they are parasitic worms that cause haematuria from a reaction to the eggs in the urine. They infect hundreds of millions of people worldwide. [[Image:Schistosoma 20041-300.jpg|200px]][[Image:Schistosome_Parasite_SEM.jpg|200px]]

{ Could I really start peeing blood after running a marathon? I'll never exercise again!!! - No + Yes
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 * Yes, exercise is a well recognised cause of haematuria. If it is the only cause, it usually resolves by itself. The reasons for exercise causing haematuria are not well known, which makes it hard to treat. That's no excuse to start being lazy though...

Post a link to your finished table here:
 * No contributions yet, will you be the first? I'm not posting my 'answers' until someone else has a go!

Knock the socks off Dr Mischief by using this list instead. Can you add to it?


 * Can you improve the Wikipedia page for Haematuria?


 * This resource is new, please give your feedback! If you have a spare moment, please go to the Talk page and answer these questions:
 * 1) What did you like about this exercise?
 * 2) How could it be improved?
 * 3) How long did it really take you?