A positive nitrite in the routine urine test is mostly considered to be caused by a urinary tract infection. There is also a possibility that medication affects the patient’s urine, which can also lead to this symptom.
Normal urine there are some nitrates, when the patient has a urinary tract infection, it may reduce the nitrates in the urine to nitrites, resulting in a positive test result.
In addition, for example, taking some diuretics or vitamins may also have an effect on the nitrite test.
Therefore, once the urine nitrite positive situation, should promptly observe the patient has no urinary tract irritation symptoms, there is no waist pain fever and other symptoms, in addition to timely urine culture and drug sensitivity test. If there is a urinary tract infection, timely antibiotic symptomatic treatment, such as oral levofloxacin as prescribed by the doctor.
It is recommended that patients with positive urinary nitrites go to the hospital in time, complete the examination under the guidance of the doctor, clarify the cause of the disease and take effective treatment.