Has anyone had Epethelial cells in their urine?

[Charlotte_a]

I’ve had the results back from my urine sample and it’s shown I’ve got more epethelial cells in my urine than I should. Has anyone else experienced this I’m still struggling with needing a wee all the time but I have been able to eat more over the last day or so. I had a blood test on Friday as that’s what the doctor classes as next step so it takes 3-4 working days for those results to come back. I’ve tried to google what it means to have those cells but I’m not really sure I understand what it says.

[Moon_maiden]

The blood test is likely to check for infection and what the kidneys are doing.

Have you had antibiotics?

One of my major symptoms last year was wanting to go all the time, only UTI a couple of times, all comes back to endo. I don’t know those cells showed up, not mentioned.

[Charlotte_a]

They said I didn’t have a bacterial infection in my urine, I had antibiotics last week for 3 days for a suspected urine infection but they didn’t help that’s why I had to do another sample

[edonn]

Hi, I'm not a doc but pharma background. It is normal to have a small epithelial cell count in your urine, when it's raised it's indication of something like a UTI or could be yeast infection. Yes you might find on internet that they can be raised very high when other more serious things are wrong, but generally that's not the case.

If your results are not in the normal range, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have a bad infection or any big medical condition that requires treatment.

Good news the blood test done is done as yes, that's next step! That will double check that all else is ok and this is likely due to having something like a UTI. Cystitis could be to blame, which many times won't show a positive for bacterial infection.

Tip learned by me over last few years...don't panic on blood results, question them yes, but leave to doctors to explain to you. Blood tests can look SO scary when you see something outside normal. Last year after surgery, I had really crazy high CRP and Platelets. If you google that, you will find automimmue disorders, cancers etc. And I was googling believe me lol

It was pelvic inflammation (endo not helping that) after my surgery , my body just wasn't happy organs were moved around, endo was cut out and my body just took weeks to get its natural levels back down to normal. Wasn't ideal, but when this was explained to me by docs, I calmed down but couldn't help but worry. We think everything should be 'normal' level right?

Things you can do to help right now, lots of fluids, water, cranberry etc, food etc. I know you said you don't feel hungry but do try to fuel your body to help it feel better. Feel better soon and don't worry, that slows down the healing too. x