Aa
(Anxiety disorder person)need strong facts to be assured.
being scratched(tiny visible blood) by a person(unknown status) "probably" with his accessories but I don't think there was blood on the other person but if by chance taking the worst case scenario there was blood...and maybe touched my scratch.. Should I worry about this strange situation?...probably its constantly in my mind just because i was a bit drunk that day. should I just think about testing?since I already took the HIV test some weeks before...(my family thinks I'm crazy) I need strong statements that takes this off my mind :)
Good Day to everyone
Good Day to everyone
I will give you some reassurance! I will assure you, that if you keep hounding people about this incident, they will call you an idiot and stop responding. You have been told a lot of times to just drop it. I am not being mean. I am reassuring you that your fear of getting it this way is crazy!
so what you're saying is log out and don't get tested...and move on. well sincerely I don't believe anything could possible happened but you know having someone reassuring you helps calming down anxiety(probably unneeded)...
peace
peace
should I stay on this post: http://www.medhelp.org/forums/HIV/messages/1008.html it resembles alot my situation!
no i'm 100% sure that it wasn' t a needle...probably with a belt buckle ur something similar
Only to alleviate your obvious anxiety.
If you truly and honestly believe you were scratched by a dirty needle from a drug user, it is not unreasonable to test for HIV, and Hep B and C but I would not expect any of these to turn out positive. But it sounds like you are not at all sure about what happened, and are working yourself up into a frenzy with possible worst case scenarios. Typical of most posters here.
If you truly and honestly believe you were scratched by a dirty needle from a drug user, it is not unreasonable to test for HIV, and Hep B and C but I would not expect any of these to turn out positive. But it sounds like you are not at all sure about what happened, and are working yourself up into a frenzy with possible worst case scenarios. Typical of most posters here.
HIV is spread by unprotected vaginal or anal intercourse with an HIV + person, by sharing drug injection equipment with an HIV + person, or infants can contract it during childbirth to an HIV + mother.
Simply getting blood on a scratch is not enough. Even being scratched by a needle would probably not be enough. Plus you are assuming the person is HIV+, which he may certainly not be and probably is not.
If you are concerned, take a test but I wouldn't sweat it at all.
Simply getting blood on a scratch is not enough. Even being scratched by a needle would probably not be enough. Plus you are assuming the person is HIV+, which he may certainly not be and probably is not.
If you are concerned, take a test but I wouldn't sweat it at all.
yeah ok. but is it possible to link me with some of these posts..
thanks greatly appreciated!
thanks greatly appreciated!
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