Leukocytes in the urine of a child - what does it mean?

Urine has a huge number of characteristics, but the most important ones are those that are called clinical analysis. They allow not only to check the work of many organs, but also to characterize the metabolism. But, what if the urine of a child has a high content of leukocytes? In this article we will discuss this issue.

First we'll find out how many of them should be in the baby's urine. If you were in the results of a clinical analysis of your baby in front of leukocytes, you saw a similar inscription: "3 liters. in point sp. "(which means" 3 white blood cells in the field of vision "), then you should not worry. Your child's figure is good. But such results are possible - 30-40 liters. in the sp. We see that if there are many of these cells, doctors write the average number of these cells. There are a lot of leukocytes, i.e. a specialist can not even count them, then in the results of the analysis one can find such an inscription: "leukocytes in the whole field of vision."

It is important to know that these are cells of the immune system, i.e. they fight infection. The level of white blood cells in urine in children should normally be in girls - up to 8-10 cells, and in boys - up to 5-7. It is better when it approaches 0. If the number of leukocytes is higher than the above parameters, then remember, it is possible that your child before a collection of urine densely ate, took a hot bath or suffered a lot of physical exertion. All this provokes an elevated white blood cell count.

There is another factor that can explain why a child has a lot of leukocytes in his urine - violations of the rules for collecting urine. Mom needs to carefully approach this procedure, namely:

• it is good to wash the baby with baby soap or control this process;
• use a clean towel or napkins, as well as sterile and dry dishes for urine (it is better to buy a special container in the pharmacy);
• take the average portion of the liquid.

If you adhered to these rules and excluded the above-mentioned reasons - then you can talk about serious health problems of an inflammatory nature. They will be discussed below.

Why are the leukocytes in the urine in the child increased?

When some sort of infection has settled in the body, then these important cells immediately begin to act actively - they are trying to destroy other people's and microbes that are harmful to the body, bacteria.

Consider what the leukocytes in the urine of a child mean:

1. Inflammation of the urinary system, which often occurs in girls.
2. Pyelonephritis is a dangerous kidney infection. This problem begins in the bladder, and if it is not found in time, then it goes on - to the kidneys.
3. Inflammation of the external genitalia.
4. Problems with metabolism.
5. Allergic reaction.
6. Fluctuations.

As you can see, almost all the reasons why white blood cells in the urine of a child are raised, are serious.

You should know that the inflammation of the urinary tract is very dangerous. Often in the initial stage has a sluggish character, i.e. there is no fever, or other severe symptoms. If your baby complains of abdominal pain, when he goes to the pot, or is afraid to go to the toilet - this is an excuse to go to the doctor. The first thing that he starts with - will prompt you to pass a clinical analysis of urine.

In the article we examined how many white blood cells should be in the urine of a child and that means if this number exceeds the norm. Remember, if the inflammatory process is started, then you can face more serious problems of a chronic nature.