White Blood Cell Count in Urine

[Dee134]

I am a 33 years old, I have been consistently getting UTI's since my late twenties.  My sister seems to easily and often get them too, her docter told her to stay away from caffeine.  My UTI's often follow sex and sometimes follow episodes of constipation and stomache upset. This isn't my main issue though, I seem to constantly test positive for a high white blood cell count, even when I don't test positive for nitrates, this is even when I don't have symptoms of a UTI. I also have a history of HSV2, but this doesn't seem to correlate.  Ever since I can remember I have tested positive for WBC in my urine, even during yearly visit to my Gyn Doc. Should I be concerned about my Kidney's, wouldn't I have more troubling symptoms by now if this were a problem with my Kidney's?


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[emtd65]

Hi again - clicked to soon  - here is the site:

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/interstitialcystitis/

[emtd65]

Hi Dee,

  If you have not seen a urologist yet you should. You may have a chronic condition which does not present with the classic burning and urgency etc. that come swith a UTI. You mat have Chronic Cystitis. With this condition you will sometimes have the other annoying symptoms and other times not.  I was diagnosed with it's new name, about 20 years ago, Interstitial Cystitis/Painful Bladder. This site maybe helpful: