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I have a friend who was struggling with recurring UTI for years and years, they were on UTI blocker medicine etc. On the side they had random other strange health issues every now and then that seemed to appear and disappear with no obvious reason -- skin issues, numbness in limbs, problems with sight, swelling and pains in legs etc, of course everything was checked and reasoned out individually - some way or another - but doctors didn't take a closer look and consider whether they could be connected. They thought it could be arthritis, but tests didn't show anything. Just a little while ago this friend's fingers went suddenly numb and started swelling and turning purple. They rushed to ER and was put on heavy medicine, turns out the condition could've lead to gangrene soon. Now the doctors are suspecting it's an autoimmune disease similar to lupus, but so far couldn't have figured out which. The friend is on cytostatic treatment, cortisone etc. The meds have worked well and things that were considered normal before (like cold hands and feet, rash) have disappeared. They will probably be on this medication for rest of their lives.
What's strange is that another person I know was just recently diagnosed with an autoimmune disease and had somewhat similar symptoms.
Tl;dr: if you have strange health issues appear, that don't seem to be connected, it still might be worth checking if they are, because some diseases cause inflammation and tissue damage that causes all kinds of strange symptoms.