[kaewkaew]

On ufc's official website there is a link to an article about diego sanchez preperation and fight with karo and after the fight the writer sais :

"Sanchez puts the cup on the table and the stragglers laugh. It looks more like fruit punch than lemonade. Jackson says bloody urine is typical after a fight. "

My question is why would there be blood in your urine after a fight? high blood pressure could cause some traces of blood in semen but not in urine! Anyone have a medical explanation of why that would happen cause this is the first time i hear about this!

link to article http://www.abqtrib.com/albq/sp_pro_s...958991,00.html

[Sammo]

Why? Shots to the kidney and liver.

[strikeforlife]

yeah kidney and liver shots can make you piss blood. and after a war like that im not suprised that he did pee red.

[emkmd]

The correct medical term is gross hematuria (bloody urine). This can occur with trauma to a kidney (not liver). No treatment is typically needed.

[canadafightteam]

Mainly kidney damage, as stated by other poster.

[canadafightteam]

Originally Posted by emkmd

The correct medical term is gross hematuria (bloody urine). This can occur with trauma to a kidney (not liver). No treatment is typically needed.

I have seen a ruptured spleen with the same effect, but with trauma it could have easily been caused by kidney damage.

So no liver though?

[Perv Griffen]

A good blow to the kidney will do that

[TSD-Bulldog]

Muscle damage from a fight and extreme dehydration for cutting weight can lead to rhabdomyolysis which can manifest into red-urine (not blood, but myoglobin from inside the muscle cells). Actual blood can indeed be caused by direct trauma to kidneys. This is never a good thing, but not infrequent in MMA, especially after 3 tough rounds like in his fight against Karo.

[SeekAndDestroy]

keep in mind he was being tossed around the ring alot of times with alot of force. that would do it to anybody. Except Jean-Claude Van Damme, of course...

[marty236]

that would suck