Whether a urine test with 5000 leukocytes/μl is serious depends mainly on the cause of the leukocytes in the urine. If it is caused by contamination of the urine specimen, it is usually not serious. If it is caused by urinary tract infection such as pyelonephritis, cystitis, etc., the treatment effect is good, usually not serious, if the treatment effect is not good, serious complications or development of chronic renal insufficiency, then it is more serious.
1. Urine specimen contamination: if the patient has no symptoms, consider that the urine specimen may be contaminated, especially for female patients, the urine specimen is easily contaminated by vaginal secretions, resulting in elevated leukocytes in the urine test, which is usually not serious at this time.
2. Urinary tract infection: common pyelonephritis, cystitis, etc., the urine can appear elevated white blood cells. If the condition is relieved after active anti-infection, it is usually not serious; if the treatment effect is poor or untimely, there may be complications such as renal papillary necrosis, perinephric abscess, etc., or the condition is prolonged, and the kidney is damaged for a long period of time, which may develop into chronic renal insufficiency, which is serious at this time.
Urine leukocyte elevation may also have other reasons, it is recommended that patients go to the regular hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to give targeted treatment or treatment.