# Any doctors? What's wrong "down there"? TMI? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 25, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628 "2001-10-25T20:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/1 "2001-10-25T20:02:37Z")
Everything was hunky dory until yesterday when suddenly going to the toilet became … problematic. You know how you have a fair indication of how much you’re going to pee before you actually do? Well my pee actually stops before that so I feel a really uncomfortable urge to continue, but seem to be physically held back by something. Just now, I tried to force what I thought was urine out, except it actually turned out to be a small clot of blood. :eek: My bladder doesn’t actually hurt, but it feels uncomfortable. If it has any relevance, two days ago, I held in my urge to pee (looooong bus ride) to the point that it hurt to walk to the toilet (but after that it was fine). My boyfriend and I haven’t had intercourse since Tuesday. What is _wrong_ with me? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/2 "2001-10-25T20:07:06Z")
Okay, just had to pee _again_. Now the blood has sort of mixed with the urine and it’s a pale red. ::freaking out:: ---
**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/3 "2001-10-25T20:12:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kayeby \* > \*\* > What is _wrong_ with me? ☹ \*\* What’s wrong is that you came here instead of calling a doctor. Do it NOW. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/4 "2001-10-25T20:16:21Z")
Yep. The SDMB is not your doctor, cannot diagnose you, and cannot prescribe medication for you. See a doctor, immediately. Blood in the urine is nothing to laugh about. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/5 "2001-10-25T20:20:04Z")
[mom voice] **Doctor. Now.** You’ve got, at best, a bladder infection (2 weeks of antibiotics), at worst, something seriously wrong with one or two kidneys and/or your bladder. File for future reference, babe–peeing blood is not normal, 'kay? Now, scoot… [/mom voice] P.S. Just “holding it” probably wouldn’t have caused it. Nor would the presence or absence of the BF’s equipment “down there”. ---
**Author:** ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/6 "2001-10-25T20:24:00Z")
Believe, me, going to the doctor is the first thing I’ll be doing. However, it’s 6:26am at the moment, which means I have to wait 3 hours until the clinic opens, and I’d like to go armed with as much information as I can get. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/7 "2001-10-25T20:36:22Z")
Let me get this straight: You’ve got blood in your urine, and you’re asking a _message board_ for advice? Now, I’m no physicician, but it seems to me that there’s a number of possible causes for this, and all of them would be serious enough that _you need to see a doctor! **RIGHT NOW!** _. Go. Don’t stop to post that you’re going to go next Tuesday, go now. If you want to tell us about it, wait until you’ve seen the doctor, and he’s told you what it is. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/8 "2001-10-25T20:39:06Z")
[Hematuria](http://www.healthcentral.com/mhc/top/003138.cfm) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/9 "2001-10-25T20:48:10Z")
Eeeeasy there, **Chronos**. Did you read her post immediately before yours? You posted 12 minutes AFTER hers, not counting the immense time zone difference. I agree totally, and by now it’s an hour later and your clinic still isn’t open. She’s coming to us for early morning/late night info, because medical help isn’t an option to her right now. **Kayeby** , I’m trying to do the math here. You’re in Guam? Hawaii? You are 9 hours off of the Chicago time zone that SDMB uses. You are able to sign onto the Internet, therefore you are likely able to call for an ambulance. Do so. Do not wait the three hours until the clinic opens, please. And let us know what happens? Best of luck. Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/10 "2001-10-25T20:52:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cartooniverse \* > **I’m trying to do the math here. You’re in Guam? Hawaii?** I was trying to figure out the same thing. See the little icon that says “Profile”? Click it. She’s in Melbourne. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/11 "2001-10-25T21:32:52Z")
Where there are Casualty clinics in the hospitals and 24 hour clinics! YOU DO NECESSARILY NOT HAVE TIME to wait for your doctor Kayeby. Get a cab and go to the hospital NOW! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-doctors-whats-wrong-down-there-tmi/89628/12 "2001-10-25T21:40:33Z")
No doctor can help you through a message board. You need to see a doctor in person – **NOW**! I know you are worried, and I hope everything turns out all right for you, but you will not find the answer here. **DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator