PAX PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES CAUSED FLC TO CONFER WITH MEDICS AND THEN CONTINUE TO ORIGINAL DEST.

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I WAS THE CAPT ON FLT ON OCT/XA/00 FOR ACR X. AT CRUISE ALT ENRTE FROM PHX TO DTW; THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME THAT WE HAD A VERY OBESE MALE PAX THAT HAD A URINARY CATHETER WHEN BOARDED. THE CATHETER HAD COME LOOSE; AND URINE WAS SOAKING HIS SEAT AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT AREA AROUND HIS SEAT; INCLUDING THE CARPETING; BAGS UNDER SEATS; ETC. THE PATIENT WAS RPTED BY A RELATIVE TO BE HIV POSITIVE AS WELL AS HAVING SEVERAL TYPES OF HEPATITIS. I IMMEDIATELY ASKED THAT THE PAX WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREA BE REMOVED AND I CONTACTED THE AIRLINE TO ADVISE THEM OF THE SIT. I ASKED THAT THE MAYO CLINIC BE CONTACTED; AS THERE WAS GREAT CONCERN THAT THE POSSIBILITY EXISTED OF AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION. THIS WAS ELIMINATED AS A DIRECT THREAT; SO WE CONTINUED TOWARD DTW. WE PAGED THE PAX FOR A PHYSICIAN; AND FOUND ONE WHO WAS VERY HELPFUL. HE HELPED TO ISOLATE THE PAX AND TO MINIMIZE THE AFFECTED AREA. WE DECLARED A MEDICAL EMER; HAD PRIORITY HANDLING INTO DTW. ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE FOR THE HEALTH DEPT; AIRLINE OFFICIALS; ETC; TO MEET THE AIRPLANE. I INSTRUCTED THE LEAD FLT ATTENDANT TO 'DOUBLE UP' THE DISPLACED PAX IN SEATING; SO THE DISPLACED PAX WERE ALL IN SEATS WITH SEATBELTS FOR LNDG; AS THE ACFT WAS 100% OCCUPIED.