Is excessive soda-drinking (including diet soda) associated with sudden Hematuria (presence of blood in urine)?

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Is excessive soda-drinking (including diet soda) associated with sudden Hematuria (presence of blood in urine)? Posted: 02 Jul 2022 01:51 PM PDT Recently, I came across a 1978 journal entry in The Journal of the American Medical Association (Volume 239) by medical doctor Daniel M. Thompson that describes two adult patients that presented with suddenly having blood in their urine without any past medical history or any ongoing disease. The two patients showed no abnormalities in their complete urological workups, and the hematuria also went away after a few days of hospitalization for both patients. After being released from the hospital, they returned few days later with the same symptoms. From the journal entry, "They both had identical jobs at soft-drink bottling plants checking bottles for foreign material. When they were thirsty, they would take a bottle of carbonated beverage off the line and drink it. They rarely drank water. They were both advised to drink no more soda pop, and neither had hematuria again that summer." The journal entry also describes a 10-year old girl who admitted to drinking 2-3 cans of soda a day that showed sudden hematuria. I've tried finding other scholarly articles regarding soda-drinking and hematuria, but I haven't yet found any proper studies or experiments on this topic. I'm disappointed, yet also scared because this seems like a thing that kills people in the long term. If you have any experience or knowledge on this topic, I think it would be good public service to let fellow redditors know. Cheers. submitted by /u/Salty_Nutella [link] [comments]

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