Leukocytes are called white blood cellsOur immune system, whose function protects the body from infections. If there is an excessive amount of these blood cells in the urine, then there is an infection in the body. When it comes to children, the high concentration of leukocytes in the urine speaks, in the first place, of the presence of a urinary tract disease. So how do you determine that the white blood cells in the urine exceed the norm?
Signs and Symptoms
In order to understand that the child has too many white blood cells in the urine, it is not necessary to be a doctor, it is enough just to see the indirect signs of infection.
Most infections are accompanied by symptoms such as difficulty or, on the contrary, frequent urination, which almost always goes along with a cutting pain.
Another sign that the leukocytes in the urine in theexcess, is a change in the color of urine or its consistency. So, the urine becomes cloudy and a sediment appears in it. Also, the child can get fever or the child can shiver. To such symptoms often also added pain in the abdomen, attacks of nausea and vomiting.
However, in some cases, urinary tract infectionways can not be felt at all, therefore it is extremely difficult to diagnose a disease. In this case, the analysis for leukocytes is the only way to diagnose.
How to determine the presence of leukocytes in the baby's urine
Leukocytes in urine in children are determined byroutine urinalysis. True, sometimes such tests can give an erroneous result. This happens if the child consumes too much vitamin C or protein if the child's urine accidentally got white blood cells from the genitals if the urine was collected incorrectly or insufficient amount was collected for the analysis.
What to do if the level of leukocytes in the urine is high
Most often the presence of a high level of leukocytes inThe child is associated with a bladder infection or a urinary tract infection. Fortunately, such diseases are easily amenable to treatment. It is enough just to take a short course of antibiotics. After the treatment, the test for leukocytes in the urine is resent, and if the antibiotics were correctly selected, then the level of white blood cells comes back to normal.
In some cases, the doctor may prescribe an additional analysis, which is called urine culture. Such an analysis can show which bacteria are not amenable to antibiotic treatment.
Leukocytes in the urine of the baby
In order to determine the state of healthA baby is sometimes given urine for analysis. And, based on the number of white blood cells in the urine, they draw conclusions about how the child's organs work. If the level of leukocytes is rejected from the norm (for girls this is from zero to six units, but for boys a little less - from zero to four units), then we can say that the baby can have pathologies in the body.
In order to obtain the most accurate analysisurine, you need to collect it correctly. Adults usually do not have this problem, but with babies will have to suffer. You can sit for hours on the child and wait until he pisses, and you can try to provoke a urine. To do this, you need to press the warm fingers easily on the suprapubic area. Also there are special children's urinals. Of course, that the container for collecting urine should be sterile. For analysis, only morning urine is needed.
Если в результате анализа выяснили, что лейкоциты in the urine exceed the norm - this may indicate an inflammatory process of the urinary or genital tract. It can be such diseases as cystitis, prostatitis, urethritis, inflammation of the uterus, vagina or testicles. Also, it may be the presence of sand or stones, improper arrangement of organs, pyelonephritis and other pathologies.
So if you notice your baby’s urinenot a light yellow color, without impurities, but muddy, with mucus, sediment and the like, you must immediately pass a urine test for leukocytes. Because exactly how you are responsible for the health of your baby.
Be healthy!
