Question

I have a burning pain when I urinate, do I have HIV?

30 July 2010. Related: All topics, HIV testing, HIV transmission.

I am 39 years old. Just 15 days ago I had unprotected sex with a female partner.
Immediately after the act I suffered pains around my waist dropping down to my legs. My legs were completely paralysed for some 20 to 30 minutes. I couldn’t get up from the bed. It was a very strong pain like if I took a weakening injection needle.

The next day I started getting burning pains in and around my penis, which I still feel, till today. It burns like a hot pepper been poured on my penis and a flash of pain come and go inside my penis. Also I started urinating in every few minutes constantly without stopping. I also start feeling a serious waist pain and its like something going around my back and waist, so I decide to take the woman to a clinic for HIV test and she came out positive and I tested negative. I was ask to come back in 2 to 3 months time for another test but am very scared now; please its possible that I am affected with HIV now?

Answer

Answer: Charlotte Walker

Thank you for your question.

It is impossible to say whether or not you have been infected with HIV. Only a test can tell you that.

The burning pains and increased urinating symptoms you describe are not related to a new HIV infection but could be caused by another sexually transmitted infection. You should go to your doctor for a full STI test as soon as possible.

The symptoms of paralysis should be mentioned to your doctor also as they cannot be explained by a STI and need to be checked out.