Help please really scared.

[Kat1562]

Ok i am really scared here i really need someone to help me

I went to the dentist 6 days ago to get a tooth pulled out. I watched to see if everything was cleaned, the instruments came out in sterile bags, i watched her get a new needle and even the hose that they use was sitting there with a bag around it.

I was ok but three days after the dentist i woke up with flu like symptoms and am really scared now that maybe i caught something, even though everything was in bags and she opened it up in front of me. The hose that they use at the dentist, i am really freaking out about, what are the chances of her just using it on someone else then covering it up again and use it on me? It looked really clean when i looked at it.

I get scared because i am breastfeeding and am terrified to past something to my daughter. Please i am really scared, i dont want to have to stop going to the dentist because i am so scared.

[Teak]

Then seek professional mental help for your phobias because you weren't at risk.

[Kat1562]

Thanks for your quick response, you really think its a mental thing? I have nothing to worry about? I am just so worried because i am breastfeeding my baby daughter.

Thanks so much for your quick response, you read so many scary things you dont know what to think.

I am sorry if i might have come across as really silly, it just seemed like a real fear to me.

[bierce]

There is nothing necessarily "silly" about your post. In fact, I would think there's a serious situation at hand if you're phobic enough to think your situation was a real risk.

As Teak said, HIV is not a concern for you, but maybe irrational fear is. Speaking to a professional about this might not be such a bad idea.

-B

[Kat1562]

Thanks bierce, so you really think that my phobia is an irrational fear, a fear most people would not worry about? My husband thinks i had an irrational fear. do you think i did?

[bierce]

Yes, I do believe your fear of HIV in this situation is completely unwarranted. Put this situation behind you. Be well.

-B

[Kat1562]

Thanks bierce., you have made me feel so much better, you too teak.