Trace of protein not pregnant

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Hi everyone. For background I have had 2 uti’s in the last few months and a current suspected UTI. I did an at home dip test on Wednesday and it was positive for leukocytes and protein. As of today, after one full day on antibiotics so far, the only thing that’s positive on the test is protein. It does seem like it’s a trace amount but I’m a bit concerned.

For info, my creatinine levels were slightly high earlier this year so had a scan on kidneys and urinary tract and all was fine. Just a bit concerned now by the protein. Does anyone know if I should be worried? Thank you

Did it come up straight away? These tests can change so show things if left for several minutes. Do you have hypertension or diabetes? How old are you? Are you drinking enough or possibly dehydrated? Leukocytes can just be if it hasn’t been a totally clean capture. If it hasn’t shown nitrates, and nothing has been cultured in a lab test, you may not have needed antibiotics tbh.

@ApparentlyRockBottomHasABasement i perhaps have been slightly dehydrated today when doing the above tests (which are positive for protein) but not when doing the tests a few days ago which were positive for both leukocytes and protein. The protein came up right away today. I’m 33 and no I don’t have either of those. Thanks for your reply!