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Joint Roach Scare
Dear Doctor
Please assess my risk based on the following
Some 5 weeks ago, i was with a friend who rolled up a new Joint Roach with new smoking paper and Started smoking it like a normal cigarette through his mouth.
He offered me but since i do not smoke, i just smelt it from a distance of around an inch from my nostrils. It was not inside my nostril and also not in contact with it.
That day i went home and did office work till late so i am sure i didn't bleed.
But next morning when i got up, my nostril was bleeding.
Please assess my risk for Blood born infection like Hep C or HIV
Please assess my risk based on the following
Some 5 weeks ago, i was with a friend who rolled up a new Joint Roach with new smoking paper and Started smoking it like a normal cigarette through his mouth.
He offered me but since i do not smoke, i just smelt it from a distance of around an inch from my nostrils. It was not inside my nostril and also not in contact with it.
That day i went home and did office work till late so i am sure i didn't bleed.
But next morning when i got up, my nostril was bleeding.
Please assess my risk for Blood born infection like Hep C or HIV
Best Answer
totallyinsane...,
you are ok, not to worry. you can only get the diseases you mentioned from blood to blood contact.....you are safe....like everyone suggested...several times......check out that link that bill posted........but watch out for vampires.
you are ok, not to worry. you can only get the diseases you mentioned from blood to blood contact.....you are safe....like everyone suggested...several times......check out that link that bill posted........but watch out for vampires.
You can definitely assume you did not catch Hep C by inhaling or smelling a joint an inch away from your nostril.
The blood that came out of your nostril the following morning was your blood, not someone else's blood. So you had no contact with anyone else's blood. You cannot catch Hep C in the circumstances your described.
The blood that came out of your nostril the following morning was your blood, not someone else's blood. So you had no contact with anyone else's blood. You cannot catch Hep C in the circumstances your described.
You have been helped. You cannot get hep C this way.
If you are still worried, educate yourself about this virus which is spread via blood.
It sounds like the help need is for your anxiety.
We are not qualified to help you with that.
If you are still worried, see your doctor.
If you are still worried, educate yourself about this virus which is spread via blood.
It sounds like the help need is for your anxiety.
We are not qualified to help you with that.
If you are still worried, see your doctor.
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Now, after being clean/sober, for 13 yrs....I just cant understand why I behaved so haphazardly. I feel like this disease, and subsequent cure, is my punishment! But for those who caught it, in other ways, like thru transfusions, I feel very bad for these people, because it wasn't a choice for them (I knew better, and made a bad decision), and also, there is a stigma involved with the disease, because of the association with needle use.