Urinary Leucocytes Test

Leukocytes or white blood cells are a part of the immune system and they fight against the foreign invaders and infectious diseases. They are produced and stored throughout the body especially in thymus, spleen, and bone marrow.

A urinary infection may occur due to increase in leukocytes in urine. Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is one of the common symptom found. The organs affected are kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra. The lower urinary tract, and more specifically the bladder and urethra are more affected. Kidney stones are developed due to high number of leukocytes.

You may advised for physical examination and requested to discuss about your medications. Patient may advise to drink plenty of water and cut down on sugary and fizzy drinks. A laboratory technician may request urine and blood sample for investigations. You may need to fast for a certain amount of time before the test. It's important to keep the area around the urinary opening clean before the test to collect the urine sample.

To check your overall health a urinalysis is performed as a part of a routine medical exam. Urinalysis may facilitate to diagnose if you are experiencing abdominal pain, back pain, frequent or painful urination, and blood in your urine, or other urinary problems.

To monitor a medical condition, if you have been with a medical condition, such as kidney disease or a urinary tract disease. It is also used to monitor diabetes

If chronic infection, doctor may advise antibiotics. You may be advised to eliminate alcohol, caffeine, and salt from your diet which leads to dehydration. To prevent germs entering into the urine sample, a clean-catch urine sample is performed. The health care provider may give you a special clean-catch kit that contains a cleansing solution and sterile wipes.

For infants, parent or laboratory technician should do the below: Cleanse the baby’s genitalia and surrounding skin Collection bag is attached to the child's genital area and left in place until he or she has urinated. It is important to not to contaminate the bag and remove it as soon as a specimen has been obtained. Urine samples can also be obtained through bladder catheterization, a procedure used to collect uncontaminated urine when the patient cannot void. A catheter is a thin flexible tube which is inserted through the urethra into the bladder to allow urine to flow out.