What should I do if my white blood cell count is elevated due to urinary tract infection?

When the human body suffers from a urinary tract infection, there are many adverse effects, such as frequent urination, urgency, incomplete urination, or painful urination. When people suffer from urinary tract infection, they will find that their white blood cell count is high during physical examination. If the white blood cell count is high, it will enter the human urine. In the face of this situation, people need to pay attention and take measures to deal with it. The following will introduce what to do if the white blood cell count is high during urinary tract infection.

Under normal circumstances, white blood cells exist in the blood, but due to some reasons, some white blood cells are mixed into the urine, thus forming urinary white blood cells. Normal people's urine contains a small amount of white blood cells. Generally, during urine examination, the urine is magnified and observed through a urine microscope. The number of white blood cells in the field of view of one lens does not exceed one. If the number of white blood cells seen is greater than 5, we diagnose it as leukocyturia.

Experts pointed out that when a normal person undergoes a routine urine test, no white blood cells, red blood cells, protein and other substances will appear in the urine. If white blood cells appear, it means that the person has a urinary tract infection and further examination is needed to confirm the condition.

We should be clear that white blood cells are an important line of defense in the human body's defense system. When bacteria invade and infection occurs, the number of white blood cells at the invasion site will increase rapidly. The more bacteria there are, the more white blood cells will gather. So if there are too many white blood cells in the urine, it means that the urinary tract is infected, which can cause inflammation.

The most common cause of increased white blood cells in the urine is kidney problems.

If you suffer from nephritis, a lot of white blood cells will naturally appear in your urine. At this time, after the urine is centrifuged and precipitated during the urine test, there will be more white blood cells, and high white blood cell count in the urine will be detected. Urinary tract infection or inflammation of the urethra can cause leukocytosis in most people. Because of nephritis, the white blood cells that enter the urine will change and their shape will become irregular. Such white blood cells are easily destroyed. At this time, the white blood cells are also called pus cells.

Diseases such as urethritis, renal tuberculosis, glomerulonephritis, and nephritis can cause an increase in white blood cells in urine. If you find that there is an increase in white blood cells in your urine, you need to check whether your kidneys are healthy. If nephritis occurs, you can take the right medicine in time and slowly adjust back to normal.

Sometimes, if you have frequent and urgent urination and hold your urine for a long time, many bacteria will gather and multiply in the urine, causing genital infection. Therefore, holding urine can also cause an increase in white blood cells in the urine.

To sum up, when your urine test shows high white blood cell count, it may mean that you have an inflammation of the urinary tract infection, or that there is a problem with your kidneys. You must take abnormal urine tests seriously and never ignore the urine test report, as this may very likely cause more serious illness.