The causes and hazards of high white blood cell count are actually like this

As we all know, high white blood cell count is often related to inflammation. In fact, this is only a one-sided understanding, because most people cannot answer what kind of inflammation can cause high white blood cell count in the human body. In fact, the inflammation that can cause high white blood cell count in the human body is mainly kidney diseases such as pyelonephritis, cystitis, and urethritis. If not treated in time, it will cause great harm to human health.

The high white blood cell count may be caused by various diseases, such as pyelonephritis, cystitis, urethritis, renal tuberculosis, seminal vesiculitis and certain glomerular diseases. Pyuria is a non-specific manifestation of urinary tract infection. The presence of pyuria cannot be used as evidence of urinary tract infection, and the absence of pyuria cannot rule out urinary tract infection. When urinary tract infection is caused by Proteus, fecal streptococcus or staphylococcus, the urea in the urine is decomposed into ammonia, which increases the pH of the urine. When it is greater than 6.8, the white blood cells in the urine are quickly destroyed. Drinking a lot of water dilutes the urine, and the number of white blood cells per unit volume is relatively reduced. Hypotonic urine causes the white blood cells to disintegrate. In addition, sterile inflammation is also the reason for high white blood cell count. Pyuria may also occur when the urine specimen is contaminated or not fresh. Therefore, pyuria alone is unreliable for diagnosing UTI. However, in clinical practice, many, or even a few doctors, say that the patient has a urinary tract infection as soon as they see white blood cells in the urine. This should be paid attention to. The reason why this misunderstanding is so common may be related to the lack of attention paid to urine bacterial culture.

What are the dangers of high white blood cell count?

The white blood cell count in a routine blood test is high: the number of white blood cells in a normal adult's blood is 4.0×10 to the ninth power to 10×10 to the ninth power per liter. Physical discomfort, especially when there are problems with the kidneys, is often manifested through significant changes in the number of white blood cells. Therefore, it is very important to have a routine blood test in a regular hospital to observe changes in the number of white blood cells. What does it mean when the white blood cell count is high?

Nephrologists point out that when the total white blood cell count is higher than 10.0×10^9/L, it means that there is a high probability of kidney problems. However, in addition to kidney problems that lead to an increase in white blood cell count, physiological factors can also lead to an increase in white blood cell count, such as strenuous exercise, physical labor, emotional excitement, women's menstrual and ovulation periods, and postpartum period. Therefore, when doing a routine blood test, you should keep calm and do the test within the same time period. Compared with physiological leukocytosis, pathological leukocytosis is more terrifying. Pathological leukocytosis is common in acute bacterial infections, such as acute pyelonephritis, severe tissue damage, massive bleeding, poisoning and leukemia. These diseases seriously endanger the patient's health. If not treated in time, the disease will recur and may even be life-threatening. In addition, leukopenia is also a problem that cannot be ignored. Leukopenia is common in chemotherapy and radiotherapy for tumors, aplastic anemia, long-term exposure to radiation, etc. Of course, the diagnosis of these diseases still requires further examination of the patients, especially patients with kidney disease need to undergo renal function tests to confirm the disease so as to achieve early detection and early treatment.