Worried Please Anwser My Question (hiv From Blood?) Posted: 03-05-07 13:00pm
Hi
See I develope this phobia since I started
at this nursing home see this man was
bleeding all over his arm and I had lifted
him up not realizing that he was bleeding
up under his arm, I had on only one glove
and I had took it off I was moving so fast
that I dont even remeber washing my hands
good I ask the nurse do he have anything
and she said no you don't have anything to
woory about. But now I am so traumatized
that I don't like to touch nothing
everything I touch I think it probably has
blood on it and I work at a fast food
restrauant and you know that you have to
work with customers I don't even like to
collect money from them an when I'm
handing them something I don't like for
them to touch my hand or I will freak out,
and sometimes I think what if some was on
my hand and I didnt know it I am paranoid
all the time now.
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Llewellyn
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Jan 2007 Posts: 1743 Location: NY
Posted: 03-05-07 15:57pm
Your skin protects you from HIV/AIDS as
well as all kinds of other nasty stuff.
HIV/AIDS is usually transmitted through
sex or needle sharing. Very few people
get it from just touching someone. For
that to happen, the person you are
touching has to be HIV positive (which is
a minority population to begin with), then
they have to have a cut or something for
blood to get through, and you also have to
have a cut or something for their blood to
get through. If you do not have any cuts,
then there is no way for anything to get
through.
Be careful when working in the nursing
home, wear gloves, and put a bandage on
any cuts that you may have just in case,
but it isn't really anything that you have
to constantly worry about. People in
nursing homes are having their health
monitored, so if they had anything serious
like HIV, the staff would probably be
aware of it.
