syringe of unknown user

[marycontrary28]

Someone, Anyone, Please

I had walked near some train tracks a few weeks ago and as I were passing through some bushes I felt a very sharp prickly feeling in my foot (open-toed shoes) and a dirty syringe was in my skin!
I read now (too far for it to work) about PEP! If only I knew!
I have been crying myself to sleep forever because I do not know what this means for my health.
I want to test at 4 weeks. Would this show anything?
There was no injection with needle, but blood comes out of my skin.
If a HIV/AIDS+ person used the syringe how much blood needs to go in for infection?

[aardvarkadmirer]

Generally, needlestick accidents only happen in the medical field. In these cases, the transmission generally occurs when the doctor or nurse sticks themself DIRECTLY after using the needle on the paitient. The needle you were stuck by had probably been there for a while, certainly long enough for any HIV on the outside of the needle to dry. and since there was no depression of the plunger, any possible infected blood on the inside of the needle would not have entered your bloodstream.

[marycontrary28]

Thank you for reading.
But please answer my questions. You cannot say that for sure only tetanus is the risk?
4 weeks is okay? And how much blood? PLEASE, please, please.
I will get the shot, but I need to know

[Teak]

The only risk you had was with tetanus, you should have went and got yourself a tetanus shot.