Stains – Urinary Tract Infection
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Question
My wife wiped herself with a tissue after using the bathroom, and on the tissue there were small specks of blood. The tissue was lost; she says the specks were really small, less than the size of a pea, and she has a urinary tract infection from which the blood is apparently coming. What is our halachic status?
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
Stains that are smaller than the measure of a “gris” do not render a woman impure. A gris is a stain with a diameter of approximately 19 mm.
With a larger stain, one must examine whether the infection is causing the bleeding. An acute infection that is being treated with antibiotics is presumed to cause bleeding.
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