Expert Alert Blood in Urine What does that mean?

Theme Week: Alarm for blood in the urine

For the third time now, the German Society for Urology (DGU) is launching a urological thematic week: After 2017, with the topic weeks testicular cancer and prostate cancer, the new format of patient education could be introduced to the public with great publicity, now the urological theme week "Alarmzeichen Blut im Urine "at the door. In cooperation with the Professional Association of German Urologists e.V., from 25 to 29 June 2018, the DGU will thus focus on the key symptom of bladder cancer. For the 5-day action program, the professional society has again produced posters and flyers that can be ordered by doctors, pharmacies, public institutions and associations to support the campaign free of charge on the homepage of the DGU and the professional association. The complete program will be available at www.urologenportal.de with the start of the theme week and offers a range of multimedia activities that attract attention on all five days of the theme week and are also accompanied on social media.

A reddish urination should always be taken seriously, as it may, for example, indicate a severe urinary tract infection. (Image: sercansamanci / fotolia.com)

"Blood in the urine is always an alarm sign that needs medical attention because it can be a symptom of serious illness. This is the most important message that we want to convey with this theme week ", says DGU press spokesman Prof. Dr. med. Christian Wülfing. Harmless is a transient red coloration of urine, which can be caused for example by the consumption of beetroot or blueberries; The most common cause of bloody urine is a bladder infection. Blood in the urine is also the leading symptom of bladder cancer and thus the second most common urological tumor, in which around 29,000 people in Germany suffer from it each year. "Because there is no statutory screening for bladder cancer, the education on the early warning sign of this malignant disease is all the more important," said Prof. Wülfing.

At the beginning of the current theme week, the info flyer "Alarm Signal Blood in Urine" will be online at www.urologenportal.de on 25 June, and DGU press spokesperson Wülfing will present the program and topics of the theme week in a video message. On day 2, all the channels in the network will be kick-starting the film clip for the theme week - all in the name of the World Cup. This will be followed on day 3 by expert interviews on the early detection, diagnosis and treatment of bladder cancer, and on the fourth day of the theme week, patients will report on their experiences. On day 5, interested parties have the opportunity to ask personal questions to the DGU experts by telephone. The hotline can be reached free of charge from 2 pm to 4 pm via the telephone number 0800 000 55 14.

"Again this week, we hope for the broad support of all the media, so that our posters and flyers find the way to the local people, so they can use our hotline for personal questions and our message can generate a lot of traffic on the Internet at the same time," appeals to the DGU Press Spokesman (sb, pm)