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Tip needle no barrel
Dear DR EWH!Yesterday,I am sitting inside my house,my son 3 years old playing outside,he touch a needle of syringe, no barrel.He play with it,then he go to me prick my leg by tip of needle..Oh my god! I see it is a needle of syringe, but it there isnt barrel.I dont see blood on tip of needle but I not sure because it can very small...now,can I get hiv if blood on needle stick me? My leg no bleed but it maybe have a little blood and I cant see! Please help me? Am I hight risk?how second hiv survive on tip of needle,no barrel?When my son play needle, maybe he also stick it! Has my son risk?I worry another see my son is small and he stick him by needle and then he throw needle to my son!!!
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But I just prick it 5-10 seconds after a person,not must 30s-1minute,maybe virus still ative?
You didn't have a risk. No testing needed.
Even if blood on tip still wet and a someone prick it 5-10 seconds before?
Hiv dies when exposed to air. You and your son had no hiv risk
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