Does HIV Cause Blood In Urine

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A very high white blood cells in urine can be an H.I.V. possitive?

I am male. Last week, I have been experiencing a very very painful burning sensation when urinating. My urologist told me to have a urinalysis. The result is I have a very high WBC, a 0.4(i forgot the unit) of blood and a 10(forgot the unit) of...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for your post.White blood cells in the urine is an indicator of infection in the urinary tract (kidney-bladder-(prostate)-urethra). It doesn't tell what the infection is caused by at all, so this could be a conventional... Read more »

blood in urine

I am HIV+ and have went successful Interferon/Ribavirin treatment for Hep C in 2002. Both my HIV and Hep C viral loads are "undetectable". I am on a HIV regimen of ZiagenABC, Kaletra, and Viramune. In addition I also take a Prilosec,...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

It is unlikely that any of your HIV medications are causing hematuria though rarely Kaletra may trigger kidney stones (usually with significant pain). Local trauma may cause hematuria but an evaluation including an examination and... Read more »

Hiv cause a thinner blood vessel?

Dear Dr,I'm a doctor from Asia. I have a patient who is infected 20 months ago.Till now and now, he still does not take any anti-hiv medicine. I noticed that, his blood vessel in both arms are becoming much thinner than that of one year ago....

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

Dear Dr. Chua--I am not aware of any connection between HIV and thinning of blood vessels. Have you checked the concentration of his urine? Highly concentrated specimens can be very yellow; the color itself isn't abnormal and isn't... Read more »

HIV causes thinner blood vessels?

Dear Dr,I'm a doctor from Asia. I have a patient who was infected 20 months ago. He has never taken any anti-hiv medicine. I noticed that his blood vessels in both arms are becoming much thinner than that of one year ago. He also has...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

HIV (and its treatment) have been linked to loss of fat in the arms and around blood vessels but generally that makes the blood vessels look the same or bigger. I am not aware of any consistent observation of blood vessels getting smaller other... Read more »

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Urine Testing for HIV

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello, I need your help. I may be positive for HIV (waiting on results). Recently, I accepted a new position with a new company. The company's insurance vendor requires that you take an HIV test via urine sample. If I am positive, I definitely do... Read more »

HIV from Urine Droplets ???

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

Hello,

Can someone pls advise ?

I was using the adjacent urinal in the public men's toilet on 29 Apr 2000. The other urinal was occupied by another guy. After he has done so (pee), it could be seen that he wanted to rid urine remains by "shaking"... Read more »

Urine Testing for HIV

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HIV and urine - please help

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I know little about HIV and how it is transmitted and yesterday something happened that made me begin to worry. I was using a public restroom when a drunk kid (I live in a college town) came to the urinal next to me. he was stumbling and when he... Read more »

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