White blood cells in urine?

[Everly]

Hello everyone.

Since last night I've been having the extreme frequency to go pee, and have been going since at least every hour. Last night my urine was completely clear and I was going full stream despite my usual low water intake. I hadn't changed the amount of water I typical drink in the least, and today I'm still going every hour and went to the clinic.

I've had mild crohns since 2013 and took entocort for awhile, yet I believe I'm back in a flare up. Anyways. I'm not sexually active so there's no chance of an STD, and there's no usual smell or anything when I go. There's a bit more color to it today, but when the urine test came back the doctor said I had a white blood cell pallet of around 11-20 white blood cells in my urine. She didn't think it was anything like a UTI as I don't have any pain but I do have constant pressure on my bladder.

Is it normal for those with crohns to get white blood cells in their urine when the disease is active? It couldn't be anything like a forming fistula, right?

 

[Essieluv]

So your doc said negative on bladder infections and UTIs? I'm not really sure if Crohn's can cause white blood cells in your urine, but it wouldn't surprise me. Just keep an eye on it. If you get fevers/chills, nausea, or pain you may have a UTI.

 

[Hope345]

Right after a colonoscopy, my 15 year old daughter had something similar but it came back negative for a UTI. She had all the classic symptoms. The urinalysis was positive but the culture was negative. Fortunately he had already prescribed the antibiotics because they seemed to help anyways.

With everything getting inflammed down there, it can become very irritated and cause major discomfort.

If it continues, maybe ask for the antibiotics. but push through those probiotics as well.

take care and keep us updated