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ihave got injected twice recently.till then i am having several fears.i am suffering from thoughts like1.the syringe might have been replaced by hiv contaminated syringe by the nurse knowingly or unknowingly.
2.the nurse might have injected hiv virus/blood into me wantingly.
all the times i saw the nurse opening a new syringe,but the element of doubt that my syringe being replaced by a hiv contaminated syringe is killing me.
some people are saying shared/needles can cause hiv.some are saying it is impossible as the virus becomes inactive in air.some are saying hiv can be transmitted through syringes as they are airtight.
what out of these is true.what are the chances of my risk?i didnt had sex with anybody.i am from an orthodox family.this hiv fear is killing me.please help me and save my life.
2.the nurse might have injected hiv virus/blood into me wantingly.
all the times i saw the nurse opening a new syringe,but the element of doubt that my syringe being replaced by a hiv contaminated syringe is killing me.
some people are saying shared/needles can cause hiv.some are saying it is impossible as the virus becomes inactive in air.some are saying hiv can be transmitted through syringes as they are airtight.
what out of these is true.what are the chances of my risk?i didnt had sex with anybody.i am from an orthodox family.this hiv fear is killing me.please help me and save my life.
HIV Anxiety is probably the number one fear that people post with on here.
You need to separate the fact from the fiction. You are doubting and that doubt is leading to anxiety and because of that you are now living your life in a fictional world.
No nurse is going to reuse a syringe and nurses don't purposefully inject people with HIV tainted blood.
Yes, people who share needles that are HIV positive can spread the disease. But you are talking about people who sit in a cirlce and immeditely pass the needle to the next person. Not something that has been sitting around that they decided to use again. Did you know that if a person does stick themselves with an HIV infected needle, say a paramedic who has drawn blood from an HIV infected individual and then sticks themselves inadvertently, they have less than a 1 percent chance of being infected?
You asked what are the chances of your risk. You have absolutely no risk whatsoever. What you do have is a bad case of HIV anxiety and if it persists then I suggest you visit a psychologist to help you learn to deal with this doubt and anxiety.
You absolutely don't have to live your life this way.
Take care and post again if you need anything else.
You need to separate the fact from the fiction. You are doubting and that doubt is leading to anxiety and because of that you are now living your life in a fictional world.
No nurse is going to reuse a syringe and nurses don't purposefully inject people with HIV tainted blood.
Yes, people who share needles that are HIV positive can spread the disease. But you are talking about people who sit in a cirlce and immeditely pass the needle to the next person. Not something that has been sitting around that they decided to use again. Did you know that if a person does stick themselves with an HIV infected needle, say a paramedic who has drawn blood from an HIV infected individual and then sticks themselves inadvertently, they have less than a 1 percent chance of being infected?
You asked what are the chances of your risk. You have absolutely no risk whatsoever. What you do have is a bad case of HIV anxiety and if it persists then I suggest you visit a psychologist to help you learn to deal with this doubt and anxiety.
You absolutely don't have to live your life this way.
Take care and post again if you need anything else.
thank you so much for your valuable reply.i have seen in internet that the hiv virus can survive for 25 days in a syringe/needle.is it true?
your thought are IRRATIONAL and need to be dealt with. one on one therapy with a mental health professional will work wonders
Internet searches are going to give you every answer from A to Z and if you look hard enough you are going to find the one that you want to find. HIV simply cannot survive in a syringe. The important fact here is to realize that the nurse didn't reuse the needle and that you have absolutely no risk whatsoever of being HIV infected from this procedure. If you can't get past this thought, then please seek out a psychologist to help you. Take care.
are you sure that my nurse didnt inject hiv blood into me?i am asking this because i saw him loading the syringe from a black colour bottle,which is not usually used by them as the required distilled water is provided with the medicine itself.later when i asked him he said that they never used a i black colour bottle.i am worrying about this.
teak and rainlover71 from hiv prevention forum said that syringes are airtight so the hiv virus can survive in syringes.what about these comments?arent they true?
how can you say that nurses dont purposefully inject hiv tainted blood into people?tell me so that i can feel good.my worry is that the particular nurse can be a sadist whose mission is to transmit hiv to people.is it possible to transmit hiv in this way?please make me free from this worry with a brief explanation.
Why did you go into the clinic and have an injection in the first place? I'm just trying to understand why you were there and what you were getting.
When I look at your posts you have only posted to OCD yet you say that Teak and RainLover told you something about HIV and a syringe which BTW I don't believe either one of them gave you that answer. Were you posting under another name?
no i have seen the answers given by them,using search function.this is the first time for me to get into these forums.please answer these questions.
1.if a syringe/needle is used to draw blood/inject a drug into hiv infected person and used after say 2minutes for another person for drawing the blood/injecting a drug,what are his chances of getting infected?
2.what factors made you say that the nurse didnt inject hiv tainted blood into me.is it possible to transmit the disease in this way?
please give answers to these questions and save my life.i cant tolerate this anxiety any more and i am about to commit suicide.
1.if a syringe/needle is used to draw blood/inject a drug into hiv infected person and used after say 2minutes for another person for drawing the blood/injecting a drug,what are his chances of getting infected?
2.what factors made you say that the nurse didnt inject hiv tainted blood into me.is it possible to transmit the disease in this way?
please give answers to these questions and save my life.i cant tolerate this anxiety any more and i am about to commit suicide.
I have spoken to Teak and he would never give that answer about HIV surviving in a syringe for 25 days because it is not true. You are obviously very desperate right now so please go to the nearest ER so that you can get treatment for your anxiety. There are medications they can prescribe to you to help bring your anxiety levels down and help you make the appropriate appointments that you need, i.e., a psychologist. I have had HIV anxiety before and I got past it so I know that you can too.
If a needle that has HIV in it and it is immediately used to poke somebody else , then yes there is a chance. The chance is less than 1 percent.
Why do I think the nurse didn't infect you...because this is so extremely rare that it is very difficult to find any statistics on this. Has it happened, I'm sure it has but it is extremely, extremely rare.
I'm sorry but statistically you are thinking irrationally and because this has become such an issue in your life right now, that is why I suggested you talk with a psychologist. You are not going to get anywhere by doing internet searches. It is just going to feed into the fire that is your HIV anxiety. Talk to a psychologist, get tested if that is going to make you feel better, but stop looking on the internet unless it is to find a psychologist in your area.
Why do I think the nurse didn't infect you...because this is so extremely rare that it is very difficult to find any statistics on this. Has it happened, I'm sure it has but it is extremely, extremely rare.
I'm sorry but statistically you are thinking irrationally and because this has become such an issue in your life right now, that is why I suggested you talk with a psychologist. You are not going to get anywhere by doing internet searches. It is just going to feed into the fire that is your HIV anxiety. Talk to a psychologist, get tested if that is going to make you feel better, but stop looking on the internet unless it is to find a psychologist in your area.
In 2009 from CDC statistics there were 23,846 new infections. Of those 76 fell into the other category...other meaning "hemophilia, blood transfusion, perinatal exposure, and risk not reported or not identified."
These 76 cases represent 0.318 percent of the total infections. Less than half a percent.
Those 76 cases repesent 4 different transmission ways.....
Do you see why I believe this did not happen to you?
Here is the website where I got the data:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm#incidence
Other than this, I'm sorry but I can't help you...you have to help yourself.
These 76 cases represent 0.318 percent of the total infections. Less than half a percent.
Those 76 cases repesent 4 different transmission ways.....
Do you see why I believe this did not happen to you?
Here is the website where I got the data:
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm#incidence
Other than this, I'm sorry but I can't help you...you have to help yourself.
what do you mean jgf?is there any chance for the nurse to inject me with hiv tainted blood wantingly by maintaining hiv tainted blood in a bottle.i am very much worried about that extra bottle.is there any chance for it to contain hiv tainted blood in it?
You cannot maintain HIV tainted blood in a bottle and have the virus still be alive. I don't know where you live, what type of clinic you went to, but why don't you go back. Perhaps they can show you the bottle in question. I was giving you statistics which state that infections from somebody purposefully injecting somebody with HIV are so small they are basically non-existent. Do you really think you are that one person who has this happen to them if statistically it is even 1 person? Really...1 person out of 23,000????? Please see a psychologist. I really cannot answer any more of your questions since I have pretty much answered them all and then some. You want me to say yes but I'm not going to because I don't believe it has happened. If you have any further questions perhaps you can contact the clinic or an HIV hotline to get reassurance.
I agree totally with JGF25 and what she has advised.She is excellent dealing with HIV/OCD matters.Your thinking is totally irrational,please accept your assessment and seek some therapy.All the best.
k jgf i agree with you.you said that hiv is transmitted only when shared iv drugworks immediately from an infected person.i am sure that there was atleast two minutes time gap when i was injected as there was no other person there.is this two minutes enough for hiv virus to become inactive?
Please seek some therapy for your irrational thoughts,nurses don't go around infecting people with HIV.That type of thinking is totally absurd.
k i agree with you.but if by mistake,i was injected with a used syringe,is two minutes time enough for the hiv virus to become inactive in shared iv drug works(needle or syringe)?
The blood on the tip of the needle would become inactive but inside the syringe HIV can survive for long periods.You don't need to worry about this because it never happened.Please stop worrying.
but jgf told that hiv cannot survive in syringes,what about that?i am totally confused.
see jgf what rainlover71 told in his previous comment..he told that hiv can survive in syringes for longer period.. what about that?you told that hiv is very fragile and cannot survive in syringes.
Again I would suggest you stop worrying and seek some therapy for your irrational thoughts.You were never stuck with an infected syringe,accept the facts and this forum has helped you all it can,it's up to you now to realize that the incident you described never happened.I'm a sure that JGF25 was talking about the tip of the syringe not the inside of it anyway.Enough now please.Move on.
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