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Incident on a train.
Dr, I really am stressing out about this.
I was on the train the other day and a homeless lady accidently I think poked me in right in the eyeball with her finger. I am worried as I saw a cut on her finger and am not sure if it was the one she poked me with. So I am worried that maybe she got some blood from her finger or something else that would cause me to have HIV or maybe she had another cut that was bleeding that I didn’t notice which was the one that poked my eyeball with. I didn’t notice any blood on my face or eye that I can remember but I didn’t look. Then I started to worry she might have had a needle in her hand which she poked in my eye, but I didn’t see one though.
Dr do I need to test for HIV due to this incident?
Was I at risk of HIV from this incident?
I was on the train the other day and a homeless lady accidently I think poked me in right in the eyeball with her finger. I am worried as I saw a cut on her finger and am not sure if it was the one she poked me with. So I am worried that maybe she got some blood from her finger or something else that would cause me to have HIV or maybe she had another cut that was bleeding that I didn’t notice which was the one that poked my eyeball with. I didn’t notice any blood on my face or eye that I can remember but I didn’t look. Then I started to worry she might have had a needle in her hand which she poked in my eye, but I didn’t see one though.
Dr do I need to test for HIV due to this incident?
Was I at risk of HIV from this incident?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
*Sigh*
You correctly understand.
This thread is over. If you continue to post anxiety-driven comments with obvious answers, the entire thread will be deleted.
You correctly understand.
This thread is over. If you continue to post anxiety-driven comments with obvious answers, the entire thread will be deleted.
Sorry, I just have trouble understanding Dr. So I am right in thinking the obvious answer is that I was not at risk of HIV over this event and dont need to test for HIV over this event Dr? I think that I don't need to test for HIV over this event not was I at risk of HIV over this event, am I right in thinking that is true?
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
We don't expect much of questioners, but we do expect them to read our replies. We don't lead people by the hand like children. The answer to this is obvious from my comments above.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
This situation is pretty much the same as the one you asked 3 weeks ago. The specific exposure is different -- a poke in the eye by a stranger, rather than wind-blown garbage, the possibility that an HIV infected person had bled in your garden, etc -- but the scenario is equally irrational. The odds that any particular individual (homeless or not) has HIV, that the virus was present on her finger, that it could be transmitted by a poke in the eye, that she had a needle in her hand -- all of that is patently ridiculous.
The problem here is your anxiety disorder. Please re-read my reply in the other thread, especially about the absence of known HIV cases in persons who were not exposed sexually or by more direct blood exposure; and most important, concentrate on my comments about the likely benefit of professional mental health counseling. Your thinking about these events is not rational.
There will be no further comments or discussion on this thread; there is no information you can provide that would change my opinion or advice, so I will delete any follow-up comments that ask "what if" or "yes but" questions. Also, please note the MedHelp policy that permits a maximum of 2 questions every 6 months on each of the professionally moderated forums (see Terms and Conditions). The purpose is to prevent domination of the forum by anxiety driven questions much like yours.
I suggest professional counseling from compassion, not criticism. Please consider it.
HHH, MD
The problem here is your anxiety disorder. Please re-read my reply in the other thread, especially about the absence of known HIV cases in persons who were not exposed sexually or by more direct blood exposure; and most important, concentrate on my comments about the likely benefit of professional mental health counseling. Your thinking about these events is not rational.
There will be no further comments or discussion on this thread; there is no information you can provide that would change my opinion or advice, so I will delete any follow-up comments that ask "what if" or "yes but" questions. Also, please note the MedHelp policy that permits a maximum of 2 questions every 6 months on each of the professionally moderated forums (see Terms and Conditions). The purpose is to prevent domination of the forum by anxiety driven questions much like yours.
I suggest professional counseling from compassion, not criticism. Please consider it.
HHH, MD
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
See below.
PS I have never seen this homeless lady before, so no idea of her HIV status either.
Corrected Version---
Dr, I really am stressing out about this.
I was on the train the other day and a homeless lady accidently I think poked me in right in the eyeball with her finger. I am worried as I saw a cut on her finger and am not sure if it was the one she poked me with. So I am worried that maybe she had some blood on her finger or something else that went into my eyeball when she touched and poked it that would cause me to have HIV or maybe she had another cut that was bleeding that I didn’t notice which was the one that poked my eyeball with. I didn’t notice any blood on my face or eye that I can remember but I didn’t look. Then I started to worry she might have had a needle in her hand which she poked in my eye, but I didn’t see one though.
Dr do I need to test for HIV due to this incident?
Was I at risk of HIV from this incident?
Dr, I really am stressing out about this.
I was on the train the other day and a homeless lady accidently I think poked me in right in the eyeball with her finger. I am worried as I saw a cut on her finger and am not sure if it was the one she poked me with. So I am worried that maybe she had some blood on her finger or something else that went into my eyeball when she touched and poked it that would cause me to have HIV or maybe she had another cut that was bleeding that I didn’t notice which was the one that poked my eyeball with. I didn’t notice any blood on my face or eye that I can remember but I didn’t look. Then I started to worry she might have had a needle in her hand which she poked in my eye, but I didn’t see one though.
Dr do I need to test for HIV due to this incident?
Was I at risk of HIV from this incident?
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