Every week I go to get allergy shots. I
get my shots and then wait 20 minutes
before the nurse or doctor checks my arm
for a reaction. After waiting 20 minutes
I went in to get my arm checked by the
nurse. She was checking someone elses
arm where they had received a shot and
then after touching their arm(which had
dry scabbed over blood) came over and
touched my arm where I had received a
shot. I don't know if any of his blood
was on the nurses finger or if the man
even had hiv/aids but it has been
bothering me ever since I left the office.
Am I just being neurotic or is it
justified for me to be worried about
this?? Is it possible to transmit
hiv/aids that way if the person had the
disease??
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Nickracer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 11
Posted: 01-25-06 21:26pm
Anyone?? Please?
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Finess150
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No Posted: 01-26-06 06:40am
No chance whatsoever. There would have
been no frsh blood on her finger because
it was a scab you described. I truly
think that you are letting your
imagination get the better of you. I
reccomend that you visit the 'fears of
getting hiv' forum on aidsmeds.Com, where
experts will tell you what I have said -
not a chance.
Do not worry, hiv is such a fragile virus,
and it doesn't seek out 'new victims' like
an intelligent life form.
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Nickracer
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jan 2006 Posts: 11
Posted: 01-28-06 15:30pm
Anyone else?
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Finess150
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Re: Anyone Else Posted: 01-29-06 08:19am
Nick, you do not need anyone else to tell
you that you didn't have a cat in hell's
chance of becomeing infected from the
scenario you describe. Hiv simply doesn't
operate like that. Routes of transmission
are from immediate body to body contact
through the bloodstream or mucous
membrane. That is why sharing needles,
having unprotected intercourse (anal,
vaginal and very very rarely oral),
occasionnally breastmilk intake are the
only documented cases of hiv transmission.
Plus, I strongly doubt any blood contact
was made between you and the other
patient. Certainly not any sufficient
amount to sustain the hiv virus on the
journey to your arm, where I suppose you
think it might 'jump' its way into you?
Impossible.
Let me tell you, if hiv was as easy to
infect as the situation you describe, the
majority of the world's population would
be hiv+
so, to conclude, you do not have hiv from
this episode. Ok?
