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Can dehydration cause a high amount of wbc in urine?

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Dr. Ruth Spector answered

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Not usually: Dehydration causes your urine to be more concentrated so it appears a deeper yellow. If the dehydration is severe and a person's blood pressure is low, it can cause acute renal (kidney) insufficiencies. As a response there may be " debris" in the urine, due to sloughing off of kidney cells due to a lack of blood flow or ischemia.

Answered 2/17/2020

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