My daughter has white blood cells in her...

[sam.b]

...urine, What does this mean??? My daughter has been vomiting since monday evening so today i took her to the doctors, the doctor took a urine sample and said there was a trace of white blood cells in her urine, the doctor sent it of for further tests. Whats wrong with her??? Serious answers only please xMy daughter is 20months old and any heartless comments like Noname(heartless b***h) will be reported!!Thankyou to all with serious answers xx

[Scout]

Probably an Infection.

[DR REAPER]

well im at school and ive been learning about to many white blood cells but im not sure i get back to you

[Tara S]

she got bad pee lol

[sexaddict45]

I'm sorry I have to say I don't know. But, you should keep praying and praying for her. Good luck to your daughter and you. (-_-)

[Blazin Ganja]

why.....would...you...not...ask...the...doctor...t his....questionhe was right there!anyways its because theres some sort of (minor) infection. either the bladder or kidney. and the body is sending white blood cells to take care of it.

[MiniMed]

WBCs in urine= an infection. Probably just a UTI (urinary tract infection). Get some antibiotics off your GP, nothing to worry about.

[Minerva]

White cells in the urine do indicate an infection, but nothing more serious than that. An infection in her kidneys or bladder could cause her to have a tummy ache and a high temperature. The vomiting is of concern as she could easily become dehydrated, it does not matter if she doesn't eat but get her to drink plenty, i.e about a glass of fluid equal to what she vomits but no more than that apart from what she would normally drink. Go back to the GP tomorrow if she is still unwell.

[Almax]

She has got a urinary tract infection. It is easily acquired and treated. UTI (urinary tract infection) is very common at that age. The doctor wants to do more tests to find out whch exactly of the thousands of bacteria is responsible so that the correct antibiotic may be prescribed. So go by what the doctor says. Dont worry unnecessarily about it.

[Belliger]

Hello,I expect your doctor found this out by testing her urine with a testing stick ? This has a line of different testing strips on it for medical things in the urine. If I am right about this, then I think she will *not* have had any blood or protein in her urine, or the test would have found this too. And she only has a 'trace' of white blood cells, not lots and lots.The further tests the doctor sent it for, will be to see if any germ can be grown from her urine in 'significant amounts,' usually if the urine has more than 100,000 bacteria per millilitre in it.A urine infection, can be from anywhere within the waterworks' tubing system, - from the bladder up the kidneys, - and is a very common cause of a high temperature, shivers, being off their food, being unwell, and vomiting in babies. It is usually easy to clear up by giving an antibiotic. An antibiotic medicine is usually enough, but serious cases where the medicine is being vomited back, may need to have the antibiotic by injection.The further test, should show exactly which antibiotics, this germ is sensitive to.In a really bad infection, the urine shows lots of white blood cells, plus blood, plus protein. When the results come I think you should ask the doctor, "was there a significant growth in the urine ?"Hope this helps. Belliger (retired UK GP)