needlestick accident

[isaiah19]

hi im new here. just wondering if im gonna get infected with hepa b after being superficially pricked by a needle (ATN) that was used during a procedure in OR last friday (may 6). i had my hep b vaccination just last year but havent taken the booster yet (scheduled on july this year). am i gonna get hepa b? how do i know if im protected by the vax i had? do i need to take hepa IGs? will i continue the booster? im becoming paranoid. pls help me. the patient is positive for hepa b..

[stef2011]

it has always been a benigne illness anybody know that and reported percetages are of 95-98% adults that clear it and even those that get cronic dont have any damage in most cases

the percentages are the oposite only if you get infected at birth, in this case 95% get it cronic, but these babies carry inactive infections for most of their lives with no liver damage

it takes a whole life for the virus to make damage and only after 40yo a small part of the cronic infected get severe damage

last studies indicate that if you have a good antioxidant defence in your body you get no liver damage from the virus

[isaiah19]

tnx. there's no way 4 to check if that pt is hcv or hiv positive. i just hope she's not. btw, how did you know that even if not vaccinated hbv can be cleared?

[stef2011]

the last thing to worry is hbv which is cleared anyway by 98% adults without any vaccine, check for hcv and hiv which are cronic diseases which are rarly cleared

as regards hbv just check hbsab titer