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Blood in the Urine in Men
Sometimes the urine can be turned red from something other than blood, such as
red foods such beets
food that contains large amounts of red food coloring
certain drugs, such as phenazopyridine (Pyridium).
Have you recently eaten beets or another type of red food or taken a drug like phenazopyridine?
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