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Nokia101

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Dear Health Nurse,

I have had a mild burning feeling in the tip of my penis when peeing (Started saturday). I was wondering what this could be, a UTI or a STD? I went to my doctor today and did a urine smaple, he said I have a high level of protein in my urine! My urine has been sent out for testing, do you have any ideas of what I may or may not have? If this is a STD how long could I have had this for?

Thank you!
 

Health Nurse

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Dear Health Nurse,

I have had a mild burning feeling in the tip of my penis when peeing (Started saturday). I was wondering what this could be, a UTI or a STD? I went to my doctor today and did a urine smaple, he said I have a high level of protein in my urine! My urine has been sent out for testing, do you have any ideas of what I may or may not have? If this is a STD how long could I have had this for?

Thank you!


Hi Nokia101

It sounds like your doctor did a dipstick or a urinalysis at the clinic. This is a basic test that looks for protein.

Protein in the urine can be a warning sign as it can be due to things like kidney damage or disease. It is also common for this to happen temporally from things like infection, medication, vigorous exercise and emotional or physical stress. Other sources of protein that can cause a positive result on the basic dipstick are things like blood, semen, vaginal secretions. Your doctor would need to do further urine tests to see if this is an actual problem for you.

Given that you are having a burning sensation when you pee it sounds like you have a case of urethritis (basically the pee tube is inflamed). For sexually active men the most common cause is an STI (sexually transmitted infections).

If it is an STI it can be difficult to work out how long someone has had it for as most of the time there is no symptoms. We could give a bit of an estimate if we know peoples medical, sexual history and test results.

It is common for health professionals to test and treat someone for STI if they present with this and are sexually active. If tests come back negative and the person still have symptoms they would look for other causes.

It is possible that it could be an STI or a UTI (urinary tract infection). As I do not know you’re sexual or medical history it is hard for me to say. If you have not had sex for a long time I would probably not be concerned about an STI.

Have you been able to discuss your sexual history with your doctor?

Many of the organisms that cause urethritis can be passed from oral, vaginal or rectal sex. If any of these have happened recently it would be a good idea to get your doctor to do a STI test for you.

If you have trouble talking about your sexual health or sexual history with your family doctor you can always come to one of our clinics. They are confidential and you do not need to use your real name or show ID.

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