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Discarded syringe!!! HELP!
Hello! Please assess my risk . I was playing soccer in a public playground. During play, i fell down and as i fell down , i struck a syringe on my knuckle of the small finger(pinky)(left hand). It kind of bled . I had other scratches from falling on the ground as well. I was engrossed in the game , so i din't pay much attention to this incident. But later, fear kicked in. I dunno if the syringe just scratched me or went inside my hand or if something was injected. I don't remember if the syringe was empty or not. It hit me on the knuckle of my left hand (pinky ) . Am i in any kind of risk of contracting HIV if that syringe was used by someone who was HIV positive? I'm so worried. Please anyone?
What are the conditions to pass HIV from a syringe?? Please comment.
What are the conditions to pass HIV from a syringe?? Please comment.
i have been scratch or slice my skin by a tip of an auto disable syringe used in a measles vaccine of a 2 year old,i think its superficial and it only bleeds when i squeeze it with pressure,now my fear is that the child or even the childs mother may have hepa or hiv,please help
You are trying to take it out of context. It won't work. The CDC states there has never been anyone infected with HIV outside the healthcare field due to sticks.
well,thank you sir. But just for your info :
From http://www.avert.org/blood-safety-hiv.htm
Occupational exposure and HIV
If precautions are not followed healthcare workers may be at risk of HIV infection as a result of their work. The main cause of infection in occupational settings is exposure to HIV-infected blood via a percutaneous injury (i.e. from needles, instruments, bites which break the skin, etc.). The average risk for HIV transmission after such exposure to infected blood is low - about 3 per 1,000 injuries. Nevertheless, this is still understandably an area of considerable concern for many health care workers.
Up until December 2006, health care workers in the USA reported 57 occupational HIV infections. Of these, 48 had percutaneous exposure; 5, mucocutaneous exposure; 2, both percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposure; and 2, an unknown route of exposure. In addition, 140 possible occupational transmissions have occurred among healthcare personnel.
In the UK, as of November 2008, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported that there have been five documented cases of HIV infection after occupational exposure in the healthcare setting, the last being in 1999.
From http://www.avert.org/blood-safety-hiv.htm
Occupational exposure and HIV
If precautions are not followed healthcare workers may be at risk of HIV infection as a result of their work. The main cause of infection in occupational settings is exposure to HIV-infected blood via a percutaneous injury (i.e. from needles, instruments, bites which break the skin, etc.). The average risk for HIV transmission after such exposure to infected blood is low - about 3 per 1,000 injuries. Nevertheless, this is still understandably an area of considerable concern for many health care workers.
Up until December 2006, health care workers in the USA reported 57 occupational HIV infections. Of these, 48 had percutaneous exposure; 5, mucocutaneous exposure; 2, both percutaneous and mucocutaneous exposure; and 2, an unknown route of exposure. In addition, 140 possible occupational transmissions have occurred among healthcare personnel.
In the UK, as of November 2008, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported that there have been five documented cases of HIV infection after occupational exposure in the healthcare setting, the last being in 1999.
If you take a needle and inject HIV+ blood into your arm then you should seek mental health help ASAP.
Thank you sir for your patient replies. But last question , If i take a syringe with HIV+ blood and insert it into my skin and inject it ( without hitting a vein) , still no risk? Please don't get angry with this irrational question. Please reply sir. YES or N0 would do.
You've never read anywhere that a healthcare work contracted HIV from being poked or stratched by a needle.
Thanks for your reply. Well, i din't realise at that moment that a discarded syringe is of any risk. The ground is full of broken stones and one can get hurt by falling anywhere. I anyway went after a couple of hours to check if the syringe was empty or not. Well, somebody has disposed of it.
But, according to Teak, i can stick a HIV syringe into my forearm and if it doesn't hit a vein, it poses no risk?
I've read that a few people in health care settings have contracted HIV from random needle sticks. How different is their scenario? Would you please explain?
But, according to Teak, i can stick a HIV syringe into my forearm and if it doesn't hit a vein, it poses no risk?
I've read that a few people in health care settings have contracted HIV from random needle sticks. How different is their scenario? Would you please explain?
I work in a hospital and draw blood from HIV+ and AIDS patients frequently. Over the years, I have had no less than a dozen needle sticks. I am not infected. As Teak has tried to explain to you, the contents of the needle would have to be injected directly into a vein for there to be ANY possible risk. Your risk was zero.
Below is a portion of your post that I want to comment on...........
"I was engrossed in the game , so i din't pay much attention to this incident. But later, fear kicked in. I dunno if the syringe just scratched me or went inside my hand or if something was injected. I don't remember if the syringe was empty or not."
Even though you were "engrossed" in the game, you were aware that you had fallen on a used syringe that was laying on the playing field, yet you did not call a time out to remove the syringe which another player may also have fallen on. Why? Personally I don't care how engrossed in the game you were, bloody common sense says that you stop whatever the hell you're doing and dispose of it.
Worse, by far, is that you apparently left the syringe where it lay, as you stated that you could not remember if it was empty or not. If you had picked it up to dispose of properly, you would have known. Perhaps the child who next came upon that spike got more than a pssible prick on his pinky.
Why don't you worry about that for awhile?
Below is a portion of your post that I want to comment on...........
"I was engrossed in the game , so i din't pay much attention to this incident. But later, fear kicked in. I dunno if the syringe just scratched me or went inside my hand or if something was injected. I don't remember if the syringe was empty or not."
Even though you were "engrossed" in the game, you were aware that you had fallen on a used syringe that was laying on the playing field, yet you did not call a time out to remove the syringe which another player may also have fallen on. Why? Personally I don't care how engrossed in the game you were, bloody common sense says that you stop whatever the hell you're doing and dispose of it.
Worse, by far, is that you apparently left the syringe where it lay, as you stated that you could not remember if it was empty or not. If you had picked it up to dispose of properly, you would have known. Perhaps the child who next came upon that spike got more than a pssible prick on his pinky.
Why don't you worry about that for awhile?
Sir, thanks for your reply . But let me get this clear. Just by sticking a syringe into a vein will not pass HIV? For HIV to pass, some fluid has to be infused into the vein?
Injected means infused. There has never been anyone outside the healthcare field to get infected by being stuck, scratched or nicked by a used needle. The only ones that have a risk are IV drug abusers that share works.
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