A smear on the flora is called a microscopic examination of scraping. In women, the sample is taken from the cervix and the wall of the vagina (back).
The analysis may normally contain a small number of white blood cells. They, performing a protective function, prevent the infection from entering the female genital organs.
Elevated white blood cells in the smear indicate inflammation and infection. It should be noted that the greater their content, the stronger the process.
Elevated white blood cells in the smear, mainly indicate the presence of vaginosis, thrush or colpia.
During the period of gestation, careful monitoring of the health of not only the mother, but also the unborn child is necessary. Therefore, elevated white blood cells in the smear during pregnancy pose a very serious threat. Their normal content in the prenatal period is up to ten in sight. It should be noted that this figure indicates slightly elevated white blood cells in the smear. For the period of gestation, this content is considered the norm.
Every year, the list of necessary tests includes new studies that are becoming important for pregnant women. However, in all years, a smear on the flora is considered one of the main. This is due to the fact that even minor changes are detected in this study. Thus, doctors have the opportunity to detect various diseases at the earliest stages.
During the period of bearing a child, a woman passes a smear on the flora several times.
Unfortunately, elevated white blood cells in a smear cannot accurately indicate the cause of inflammation or the type of infection. Therefore, women are often prescribed additional studies. These, in particular, include crops, PCR or immunological examinations.
It should be noted that the most common causes of an increase in white blood cell count in a smear are:
- sexually transmitted diseases (spreading through sexual contact) - gonorrhea, ureaplasmosis, syphilis, mycoplasmosis;
- fungal infections (candidiasis).
It must be said that the thrush, despite its relative harmlessness, requires competent and, importantly, timely treatment.
As a rule, when an increased level of white blood cells is detected, women are prescribed medications during the gestation period in accordance with the individual characteristics of each patient, the duration, and also the sensitivity of the pathogen to the effects of medications. In many cases, patients refuse to take antibiotic drugs. However, according to experts, this is not always correct. We should not forget that even with the normal course of pregnancy against the background of the absence of any pronounced symptoms, the inflammatory process that develops at the same time can provoke not only interruption of gestation, but also extensive infection of the uterine cavity.
In medical practice, there are also cases where in patients after passing the entire antibiotic course in the results of laboratory tests revealed an increased content of white blood cells. In these cases, dysbacteriosis is most likely to be diagnosed. To eliminate such conditions, the attending physician may prescribe a second dose of antibiotic drugs. Most often prescribed vaginal suppositories.
It should be noted that a high level of white blood cells can be detected not only in a smear on the flora. With the development of a number of diseases associated with the digestive system, their content will be higher than normal. So, elevated leukocytes in the feces may indicate colitis with symptoms. Their identification with a para-intestinal abscess indicates its breakthrough into the intestine, with a neoplasm - its breakdown.