What does urine leucocyte mean on the high side

The white blood cells in the urine are high, the possible reasons: first, there may be urinary tract infection, when there is a urinary tract infection, the number of white blood cells in the urine will increase to phagocytize pathogenic bacteria, to achieve the purpose of eliminating pathogenic bacteria and restoring health. At this time, it will generally be accompanied by uncomfortable performance of urination, such as showing frequent urination, urgency or pain in urination. Some patients may also show symptoms of elevated body temperature or low back pain, urine culture examination, can cultivate pathogenic bacteria, need anti-infection treatment can recover. Second, the process of retaining urine samples, samples placed for too long, corruption occurred. Or the process of retaining samples, colonization bacteria around the genitals contaminated urine, then can also lead to high urine white blood cell count. However, this case is generally not accompanied by any symptoms of urination discomfort, no frequent urination or elevated body temperature, etc., and a urine sample needs to be taken again for re-examination, or a urine culture test to rule out the presence of some contaminants.