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small red marks on hands after using public pullup & dip bar
Hey guys...still scared about what happened to me last week, the pinprick on my toe...I'm still unsure what I was pricked by and worried that it may have been an *** needle. Anyways, I just got back from my run. At the end I used the public pullup and dip bar here where I'm living in my bay area town. I just got home and have 2 red spots that resemble prick marks or cuts. More on the prick side, because they r round like the head of a pencil poked me. Did I possibly contract HIV from this situation?! My anxiety is on high alert and I'm having trouble at work, in my relationship, and in my quality of life. I'm convinced Ive contracted HIV in 1 ofthese 2 scenarios. :(
Hello man, i really would like to chat with you because i have a very similar situation that the one you had about the uncertainty of being raped, i got drunk and dont know if a police man raped me. i have been with this thought for more than a year. I am from north of mexico, but i have good english. I will appreciate very much if we can chat or something. I have OCD and i want to know if you too, I had seen your other questions and i think you also have ocd. Did you overcame that situation (rape uncertainty) ? Wait for your response.
read the forum...it is SLAP FULL of ppl...COMPLAINING OF SYMPTOMS...who, like you, had NO risk.
Im sorry I posted again. I just feel extremely sick and I have trouble seeing how this can just be a coincidence
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Sorry guys. But I'm about 3 days away from exactly 4 weeks possible exposure so still very much in the ARS timeframe. And, my lyphm nodes r still really swollen and I'm having hot flashes which I think is turning into a fever. I feel horrible and scared that this is ARS
I have read many places that anxiety leads to hair loss, I just didnt expect it to hit so fast -- if that is in fact what is causing it, and no doubt Ive been very anxious for a while now. But I'm just also hoping it isnt a symptom of ARS, even though everyone on here with tenure and vast knowledge has told me I have no risk, so It can't possibly be ARS. I know I need more thearpy on my anxiety, I had my 1st session last week....
It's the stress that you're putting yourself under that's most likely causing you to lose your hair; all the more reason to see a therapist ASAP. You need to be talking to a therapist on their most frequent schedule available.
Thank you. I know, I'm trying to go see my doctor next time Im back in my hometown. Ahhh this hair thing has me horrified.....yikes, not a good development
You are not experiencing ARS and you need to seek therapy because you never had a risk and you are just not accepting the facts.Also if your hair is failing out that much and you are having other issues then go see your doctor--that's what there there for.
Well, I want to believe its anxiety and nothing more. But I'm sitting here with lymph nodes the size of golf balls....and, a more recent development. I was just combing my hair, and literally 2 handfuls of hair fell out. This has launched me into a state of panic.......I have a thick head of hair, and its falling out. I hope this too isnt a sign of something serious like ARS truly kickin in..... :(
I finally saw a doctor last week and I was obviously diagnosed with anxiety and given a prescription to some anti anxiety meds. Nursegirl, I tend to agree, and especially because it was only the middle toe that was injured during this accident, and the red mark was very small..but when I keep thinking back to the situation I just cant remember vividly. Id like to think Id remember steping on a syringe, but I believe I may have just struck it with my toe in a fast and glancing motion.
You need to seek help for your anxiety.
Do you HONESTLY think you would miss seeing a syringe if you stepped on it??? Come on. This is 100% irrational thinking.
This forum can be of no more help to you...you have never had an HIV risk. Your problem is anxiety. If you don't get help, you're just going to keep dreaming up scenarios in your head.
Do you HONESTLY think you would miss seeing a syringe if you stepped on it??? Come on. This is 100% irrational thinking.
This forum can be of no more help to you...you have never had an HIV risk. Your problem is anxiety. If you don't get help, you're just going to keep dreaming up scenarios in your head.
Well after doing extensive research on here about steping on a needle it seems like it's been widely discussed various times since 2007 and always the same answer 'not a risk,' which is very reassuring, yet....I couldnt find much about accidently steping on a syringe. The reason I ask is because I'm trying to respect the rules of this great forum and the kind people who provide knowledge, but I'm still freaking out because my ARS symptoms r starting to show, especially the swollen lymph nodes. They r the size of golf balls and Im getting more and more convinced that I may have steped on a syringe that night almost 3 weeks ago and I'm horrified
I agree....I need to. But I also feel I have a real issue here with HIV, meaning an actual exposure and I'm horrified and I'm looking for someone to explain the science of how I could have been at risk. I know the disease dies when exposed to air....so, I would have had to stepped on a syringe and it would then have had to pushed down on something that injected the blood into my bloodstream......I'm wondering what the chances are of that happening and if I would have known if I had stepped on a syringe vs a pin or needle?!
Address the OCD matter now before it gets worse because if you don't it will get tothe point where it will control your life.
I understand I have an anxiety problem and an OCD with this issue which I need to address before it ruins me. I also understand how HIV is transmitted and that is why I'm worried. 1.) Mother to infant 2.) Unprotected sex 3.) IV Needles..............and that is why I'm really scared. Last week I was clearly pricked my something. I got home and saw the red mark that looked like the size of the head of a pencil. My toe hurt for a few days following. And, this is what I can't let it go. If I stepped on an HIV needle that had blood still trapped in an area where it can survive, I may have been infected. I know that is the only way. So I was hoping to find an explanation of how this could possibly happen.....Would I likely know if I stepped on a syringe and then felt the pressure of blood injecting into my body?!
from reading your posting history...it is very obvious that:
#1...you have a hiv phobia
and
#2...you don't listen to what we tell you about how hiv is and is not transmitted
seek professional mental help for your anxiety and go back and re-read your old posts
#1...you have a hiv phobia
and
#2...you don't listen to what we tell you about how hiv is and is not transmitted
seek professional mental help for your anxiety and go back and re-read your old posts
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