HIV Risk - Stepping on a needle?

[maybeaworriedwell]

Hello all,

I was walking on the beach barefoot about a week ago and stepped on something noticeably sharp while on the soft, dry part of the sand. Indeed, it was quite painful. After searching the area around me, I did not find what exactly I stepped on. If I were to assume it was a hypodermic needle (public beach, high amounts of people traversing through), would it be advisable that I get tested at 3 months? What is my risk?

Pertinent information:

1) I was on the dry portion of the beach sand, away from the water.
2) I never found any bleeding on my foot, although there was a small hole where the sharp object had poked at my skin.
3) This incident happened in the middle of the day, not at night.

My questions:

1) Is stepping on a discarded needle considered a viable transmission risk?
2) Would you recommend testing?
3) Have such cases ever been reported?

Thank you all for the work that you do at this forum, I hope to hear from you soon.

Thank you,

MaybeAWorriedWell

[JamesD1991]

Please don't make this more difficult than it has to be. You weren't injected with freshly drawn blood from an HIV positive person

[maybeaworriedwell]

Why do you reckon that I did not have a risk?

[JamesD1991]

You haven't had a risk.

[maybeaworriedwell]

Thank you James for your response. Is your evaluation based on the assumption that I never actually stepped on a needle, or that no true risk exists in spite of having stepped on one?

Thank you,

MaybeAWorriedWell

[JamesD1991]

You stepped on a seashell

[JamesD1991]

1, 2, and 3) No