Does herpes make you more prone to UTIs?

[Lost4ever43]

Am I more prone to UTIs now with hsv2?  I’ve had 1 in my whole life and all of a sudden I have another one out of the blue?? Coincidence or related ?? 

[Mooeuk]

2 weeks before my first outbreak I had a terrible UTI. After my outbreak it was constant UTI symtoms for months but only ever twice was there an actual infection. 

I believe there is definitely a link between the two.

I have not had sex for 2 months now and no uti's but I'm dreading being sexual active again incase they come back.

Have you tried a low dose daily antibiotic? Might be worth considering.

[Mooeuk]

I had never suffered with uti's either by the way.

[Lost4ever43]

I’m on an antibiotic right now . I didn’t go to the doctor, she just called it in .  The symptoms come and go .  Do you think it means I’m having an outbreak ??  I haven’t had sex since my diagnosis . 

[Mooeuk]

I never thought of them as outbreaks as I didn't have any spots so I think it is just an initial reaction from your body to the virus. 

I'm hoping min has gone away now but it won't he until I have sex again (no plans for that for a while!) that I'll really know I guess.

I did find that a 'bladder friendly' diet helped and funnily enough a lot of what I was eating is recommended for Herpes too. I cut out sugar and ate whole foods. I ate a lot of potatoes, cheese and yoghurt and didn't drink alcohol hardly and cut out caffeine.

I'm sure these symptoms will pass just as mine did.

[Lost4ever43]

Thank you for the reply.  The symptoms didn’t seem to last that long , but I’m still going to finish the antibiotics and hope for the best.  This all really sucks ! 

[Mooeuk]

Yes finish the course even if you do now feel OK. 

I had weeks of this, so i know exactly how you feel. I went to specialists the lot but it eventually just stopped so don't get disheartened.

I bought some urine dip sticks off Amazon as my symptoms didn't always mean I had an actual infection and I was sick of going to doctors! That might be worth considering then at least you don't have to take antibiotics unnecessarily.

I also took d-mannose which seed to help (I don't know if it acted like a placebo or actually worked!)

Let me know how you're getting on 🙂