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Injection in back

Hi I feel really silly asking this but I guess I'm just trying to get these fears out my head.

When I was on the street today I felt a slight pain on my back and when got inside noticed a red mark on my back where I felt the pain.

If say so for instance someone had injected me in the back with HIV is your back a route to your bloodstream for HIV to get in? Or would nothing come of it because the back is not a route for it to get in? Also are there any veins in the back that the syringe could of gone into? Also how sharp or what kind of pain would I of experienced if a needle/syringe had gone in.

Feeling really silly. If someone could just give me a sentence or two whether this could happen or not I would really appreciate it because just saying no risk doesn't always reassure me.

Kind Regards,
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Thank you for replying to my post. Much appreciated both of you, Kind Regards
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If you had got a syringe on back you would have known
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We're not doing "For instance..." Or "what ifs" cause all that will do is create more fear than what you're already dealing with.
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