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What does having high levels of nitrates in your urine mean? i have a strong smoked ham smell to my urine but gp doesn't know if its an infection
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Get a urine culture: positive urine nitrites could mean a bladder infection. you should also be screened for gonorrhea and chlamydia if you are at risk
Answered 8/5/2020
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Urine Issue: High levels of nitrites in your urine can be a sign that you have bacteria in your urine.The fact that you have a strange odor to your urine may indicate infection.Your urine can be sent for a bacterial culture to identify a particular bacteria causing the infection.There are other far less common reasons to have nitrites(the bacterial by-product of nitrate breakdown) but UTI is by far most common
Answered 1/5/2019
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