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Different question....... Risk from blood products

I recently had to have an immunoglobulin risk that I have since read is made of human blood donations.

I am absolutely petrified now that I have picked up Hiv. I've read that immunoglobulin is made from pooled blood so does this increase the risk if its from more than one donor. I've also read that immunoglobulin is heat treated to kill infection.

Please I'm absolutely petrified please help. I'm in the uk and so was the injection
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Blood products in the UK are amongst the safest in the world,stop worrying.
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Oh I'm sorry I didn't realise. U sound like you are keeping healthy then?

Sorry to sound so scared of something you are living with I don't mean to sound disrespectful x
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Dude I've been positive for 29 years, you aren't going to die from HIV even if you got infected, which you didn't.
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I know I would have died but now I'm worried that I will anyway from hiv that ill have got from the immunoglobulin. It's hard to get info on it
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And what would happen if the dog was rabid and you didn't take the rabies vaccine?
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Well I received it as a rabies immunoglobulin jag after a bite in thailand
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No not at all. What happens if you don't take the blood products?
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Would you guys worry if you received blood products in uk
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Sorry worry makes people a bit irrational. I really do appreciate your help both
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No where in any of the replies does it say "yes there is a risk." Move along.
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No we are not.
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I think you Are both saying that yes there is a risk
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Also does that mean that you agree things sleep through the net but I shouldn't worry
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Move along this is irrational thinking, you would better be served in one of the mental health forums.
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Do you worry about a comet hitting the earth? Or the sun exploding?
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Sorry both I know youre annoyed with my question. I've started to worry because I have swollen glands in my neck and feel like I have flu. What about the pooled aspect of the blood
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Nothing slips through
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Really and you're going to waste the rest of your life worrying that something my slip through the crack? Seek professional help.
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Thank you. I know but there's bound to be times something slips through the net. Is it bigger risk because its pooled from lots of people
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All blood is screened.
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