Blood in urine, possible std?

[Dirtynscared]

Hi my wife is donating her kidney they did blood test on her and urine test. They said she had blood in urine. They also said blood was normal. My questions are,
1. Could the blood be because of std?
2. Would all stds including gonorreha show up in Blood?
Ps. I cheated on her 3 weeks ago and I am currently going thru std testing.

[AnnieBrooke]

Here is from The STD Project's website.

How long it takes to test positive for an STD can depend on a number of factors including:

    Whether the test is looking for the pathogen that causes the disease, or your immune system’s response to the pathogen
    The specific test that is being done. For example, a DNA amplification test that looks directly for the organism would usually be able to detect an infection more quickly than an antibody test that needs to wait for an immune response
    The health of your immune system and whether you have been exposed to a similar infection before

With that in mind, typical STD testing windows are:

    Chlamydia Urine Test:
        Possible Detection – Within the first week
        Most Likely Detection – 2 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 4 Weeks
    Gonorrhea Urine Test:
        Possible Detection – Within the first week
        Most Likely Detection – 1-2 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 2-3 Weeks
    Herpes Simplex 1 & 2 Blood Test:
        Possible Detection – 2-4 Weeks
        Most Likely Detection – 6-12 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 12-16 Weeks
    Syphilis Blood Test:
        Possible Detection – 1-2 Weeks
        Most Likely Detection – 6 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 12 Weeks
    HIV Antibody Test *:
        Possible Detection – 3 Weeks
        Most Likely Detection – 4-6 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 12 Weeks
    HIV Early Detection Test **:
        Possible Detection – 1-2 Weeks
        Most Likely Detection – 3 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 3-4 Weeks
    Hepatitis A Blood Test:
        Possible Detection – 2-3 Weeks
        Most Likely Detection – 3-6 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 6-7 Weeks
    Hepatitis B Blood Test:
        Possible Detection – 1-6 Weeks
        Most Likely Detection – 6-10 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 12 Weeks
    Hepatitis C Blood Test:
        Possible Detection –  4-5 Weeks
        Most Likely Detection – 6-9 Weeks
        Highest Accuracy – 10-12 Weeks

Lastly, it’s essential to remember, during incubation or window periods, an infected person can transmit the infection/disease to someone else.
So, get re-tested after 6 months of receiving a negative result to ensure a false-negative did not occur if your partner tested positive for an STD, you believe you received a false-negative, you are experiencing symptoms, or you were newly exposed.

*According to the CDC, most people infected with HIV will develop detectable antibodies within 25 days of exposure and 97% of people will have HIV antibodies by three months after exposure.

**STD testing experts recommend confirming this with the ELISA HIV test , which is considered the gold standard in HIV testing, at 3 months post-exposure.

[AnnieBrooke]

Hi, OK, well, you've possibly exposed your wife and the future recipient of the kidney to STDs. Have you talked to your doctor to be sure that any exposure you have would be caught by the tests you are doing this close to the time of the infidelity? (What is the incubation time of AIDS, for example? What if it is longer than 3 weeks?)

Here is the thing. You are the husband of a person who is going to do something traumatic, which is, donate a kidney. She expects you to support her, I assume. She does not expect that you would be bringing home a disease at all. And with so big of possible consequences to two people, I am sure she would be especially appalled at you if you hide the fact that she might have exposure.

Even if the blood in the urine was not from an STD, every married person deserves to know the true state of his or her marriage. It sounds like you don't intend to confess unless you come up positive. I think she deserves to know that you can be relied on to stand by her in life. Can you? If you can, you had better start thinking of ways to tell her that you can, despite your behavior. You should treat the situation the way you would want it to be treated if she had cheated on you. I assume you would want to know.

Sorry, but I think at the very least you have to tell her doctor what is going on, well before she donates the kidney. And although you will hate to even have to think this, you need to tell her what is going on too.

[AnnieBrooke]

I just checked on timelines for various STDs (in other words, how early they would show up on a test) and it sounds like you are testing too early. For some STDs two weeks is enough time, but for syphilis, AIDS, and Hep C, you have to wait three months to be sure the test accurately catches an exposure. I think you are in a spot, because if you stay silent and she donates the kidney and then you find out you gave her an STD, well, some of those diseases are obviously very serious. I'll post the table below.

[Dirtynscared]

Thank you for the information. I know what I did was wrong trust me. I have repented. God has forgiven me. I also did tell my wife. Not because of stds, well maybe a little, but because it's the right thing to do. So what my main question was would all stds come out in blood but I guess it wouldn't so close to the possible exposure. I pray that I didn't give my wife anything and she can go on with the donating her kidney. I tested 1 week after risk. Negative. Of course it was too early so I retested 3 weeks later and im waiting on results. Again thank you for all the info.

[AnnieBrooke]

I can't tell from the list from the STD Project, since they mention at least one of the tests as being a urine test, if a disease usually tested for specifically in the urine would show up in a blood test.

You're also talking about a lot of possible things that can be sexually transmitted. It's hard to believe that even it if had been the 6 months recommended by the STD Project, one single blood test would be enough, especially if the doctor did not know that he was supposed to be testing for the full range of possible STDs from the clap to Hepatitis C. You need to ask your doctor. You also seriously need to tell your wife's doctor that the kidney transplant has to wait until enough time has elapsed that you can test with certainty that the test will catch any STD you might have been exposed to. For me (especially if I was the potential kidney recipient!) I would want that to be 6 months and a retest then.

[Dirtynscared]

All my tests came back negative. I only had unprotected oral sex so every doctor here would tell me I don't need to do another hiv test. I will probably do another syphillis test at 6 weeks to be sure since all these tests were done at 18 days.

[Dirtynscared]

Kidney transplant wouldn't happen for at least 3 more months so by then all test that I do will be conclusive.if I don't have anything she wouldn't. I have faith. My father in law. Will have his kidney.

[Dirtynscared]

Also I wanted to know if blood in urine could be because of some stds?

[AnnieBrooke]

While talking with her doctor about the interesting news that she needs to be tested for the full raft of STDs because of that little thing you did, ask him about whether an STD can cause blood in the urine.

[Dirtynscared]

Sorry noticed I should post this on std forum.