Hematuria and dietary supplements – A case report on pronounced bleeding following a minimally invasive urological intervention in a patient on long term garlic supplements

This report focuses on a patient encounter with suspected significant hematuria post operation occurring primarily due to garlic supplementation. A 65-year-old male underwent day case PVP. He had significant hematuria post operation requiring added use of bipolar coagulation. He was fit and well with no other past medical or drug history apart from dietary supplementation of garlic extracts. There are various mechanisms that components of garlic like allicin can produce antiplatelet effect on blood. This represents a novel case of unexpected bleeding in patient strongly attributed to dietary supplements for a less invasive technique with better hemostatic profile like PVP.