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10 month old had 2 uti's , had symptoms for #3 in less 2 months.. on meds. culture neg, waiting to do tests could teething cause high white blood cells?

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No: Teething does not cause an elevation of your white blood cell count. An elevated WBC count a this age is almost always due to an infection somewhere, and with a history of uti's already i would be looking in this area. It could be a kidney abcess, blood infection, or infection totally somewhere else in the body. There are other more rare causes of elevated wbc's, but teething is not one of them.

Answered 5/14/2018

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Likely false UTI's: Unless you obtain a quality specimen the label UTI is often overused. A bag urine from a little girl often contains a washout of debris from her vagina, including WBC's. Only a clean catch or cath urine should be considered adequate to diagnose a UTI. If the kid has truly had 3 valid UTI's under a year of age studies looking for kidney/ureter & bladder defects is needed.

Answered 6/10/2018

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