UTI

Does anyone know how UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) is connected to HIV? Is it a symptom or have any relation to HIV. I know I had a low risk exposure but my doctor told me I have a tract infection and put me on meds (went in because of pain in testicle) and I've seen other posts about UTI's on this board.

Thanks

[sparkeler]

UTI's are very common.  They are not a symptom of hiv.

[dobber21]

Scared, I took the liberty of checking up on your original risk today.
I only have one thing to say.
You didn't have a risk!

It kills me to see you still frequenting these boards. I'm shocked to this day that you were put on PEP when there really was no need.

It's entirely up to you if you want to keep obsessing about this but your life would be so much better if you faced up to the fact that you've more chance of swimming the Pacific Ocean than you have of testing HIV positive!

Please, please, for your own sake, let this go:)

[scared83]

Anyway Dobb, What's your story?

[scared83]

I hear you. But I keep playing the "what-if" game. Like what if I used a non-latex condom by mistake (didn't buy it, she had it already opened), what if my cut was deep enough, what if my finger cut was deep enough. You know? Not one person told me I had a risk. I've hear NO risk and LOW risk many times and I believe it for like 5 seconds. That's why I go back and read those posts routinely multiple times a day. I have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and apparently I am a hypochondriac. So you can see how this can affect me in such ways as it has.

I just got a Chlamydia, Gonhorrea, Syphillis (syphilis) test today and get the results in two weeks (free clinic). I'm hoping they come back negative. That should keep my mind at ease for a month until I can get my definitive HIV test. I think I'll be obsessing over this until July-ish. The 6-month mark since PEP supposedly delays seroconversion.

But you're right, my life could be so much better. Especially since its bad as it is since I have the added pressure of Law School to deal with.

[eaman]

You are more likely a hypocondriac than anything else.  Please take the advice of Dobber, and I too will try to follow it as well.  I am in a similar situation as I had a very low risk (protected vag (im male)) and a neg 89 day.  I however am finding it hard to move on as some are here.

[dobber21]

Stop obsessing over this! You're negative!
No what ifs, they will drive you even crazier!
My situation is unprotected sex and I'm waiting for the window period to pass. I'm nearly four weeks in. I've two big bumps on my neck, and if I try and imagine symptoms I'm sure they'll come!
I had a real risk. Even so, I wouldn't have taken PEP. I think the person who put you on it was a lunatic.
You have to seek mental help. It will help you deal with all this a lot more than anyone on this site can ever hope to.
Because this isn't a HIV situation. I'm certain of it:)