Question 1

what does it mean if your urine sample has red and white blood cells in it?

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UTI vs other: This can represent a urinary tract infection (uti).

Question 2

white blood cells found in urine sample, waiting for urine cultures to come back. what does this mean?

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Ask the Dr: A few WBC is normal. You neglected to include enough information for any answer. How many WBC? Symptoms? Other findings in urine? Without the answers to these questions the result of the culture is useless. There are varieties of urinary infections. For simple cystitis in a young, sexually active woman, a culture is not indicated. For an elderly woman with no symptoms the culture is useless.

Question 3

i have white blood cells in my urine sample, and they said it's not an urinary tract infection, what else could it be?

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Genital infection?: Women often have elevated WBC in urine because of contamination of the sample with genital fluids. WBC are common in vaginal fluids, for example, often (but not always) because of infections like yeast and STDs. Also, symptoms of yeast and STDs often are similar to UTI. If you are sexually active and not tested recently for gonorrhea and chlamydia, make sure your doctor knows and get tested.

Question 4

white blood cells and low ph in my urine sample after being diagnosised with an uti an finished taking ciprofloxacin for a week. what could i have?

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Urine infection: Bladder infections in some women can be very stubbord especially if you have "interstitial" infection . See a urologist with special expertise in GYN/UROLOGY

Hope this helps
Dr Z

Question 5

stabbing pains in right side of abdomen, into side. sore to touch the skin, urine test has white blood cells, antibotics not working?

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Allodynia: If the skin is sore to touch then it's not likely a urinary problem. Sometimes shingles can present this way. Is there any rash?  Talk to your doctor about this possibility and that the antibiotics aren't helping.

Question 6

i had a uti last month. my doctor said he found a lot of white blood cells in my urine and asked me if i vaginal discharge. what does that mean?

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Urinalysis: When a urine specimen contains wbcs they may have come from the urine, or the urine may have been contaminated by vaginal secretions or discharge. Your doctor is trying to determine the source of the wbcs. If you gave a clear midstream catch urine it is not likely that they came from the vagina.

Question 7

what does it mean when they say that the urine has a lot of blood and white blood cells, but low for nitrates?

Accepted Answer

Nitrates = infection: However, low nitrates does not necessarily mean no infection. Most bacteria release nitrates in urine, some don't.Probably what you are told is that the presence of cells without nitrates in urine may suggest a kidney disease rather than urine infection. Still need to have urine culture which I am sure is done or pending to rule in or out infection.

Question 8

what does it mean if i got results of a little blood in urine sample with a little bit of red blood cells? and they need a cleaner sample?

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Vaginal fluid: contamination. It may be that the urine was contaminated with vaginal fluid that had blood in it. It is proper to repeat the test with a clean specimen. You may visit this site for instructions on proper urine sample collection.
https://patienteducation.osumc.edu/Documents/cl-ca-fe.pdf
Wish you good health! - Have a diet rich in fresh vegetables, fruits, whole grains, milk and milk products, nuts, beans, legumes, lentils and small amounts of lean meats. Avoid saturated fats. Drink enough water daily, so that your urine is mostly colorless. Exercise at least 150 minutes/week and increase the intensity of exercise gradually. Do not use tobacco, alcohol, weed or street drugs in any form. 
Practice safe sex, if you have sex.

Question 9

if  red blood cells in urine sample are higher then normal [68.20 ] ; remaining  urine test was normal; does this mean i had uti or some thing eles?

Accepted Answer

Maybe not UTI: red cells in the urine  , can be from trauma, kidney disease or disease of the urinary tract. They do not often appear in UTIs without White blood cells. I suggest that you have the test repeated and discuss the results with your physician. The most common cause is contamination of the urine with menstrual blood

Question 10

meaning of a lot of white blood cells in the urine?

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Infection: A lot of white cells in the urine usually means an infection.  The infection could be in the urine - a bladder infection - or the cells could be coming from the vagina - which would mean a cervical or vaginal infection.  With a bladder infection there is pain with voiding and voiding frequently.  With a vaginal infection - itch, irritation, discharge or odor, and often pain.  Check and treat this.

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White blood cells and low ph in my urine sample after being diagnosised with an uti an finished taking ciprofloxacin for a week. what could i have?

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Stabbing pains in right side of abdomen, into side. sore to touch the skin, urine test has white blood cells, antibotics not working?

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I had a uti last month. my doctor said he found a lot of white blood cells in my urine and asked me if i vaginal discharge. what does that mean?

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What does it mean when they say that the urine has a lot of blood and white blood cells, but low for nitrates?

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