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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
so can i assume safely that i do not have Heptitis C?
i am not emotionally troubling any one
But the fact is I am unable to speak to anyone
I feel inferiority
what will people think of me if i get it???
what will happen to my family
Please help me
i am not emotionally troubling any one
But the fact is I am unable to speak to anyone
I feel inferiority
what will people think of me if i get it???
what will happen to my family
Please help me
Bill 1954 gave you excellent advice .Best to take these concerns to were he advised.
Just in case you missed it
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-OCD-/show/231
Just in case you missed it
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Obsessive-Compulsive-Disorder-OCD-/show/231
even if the blood came out next morn???
cos i am totally sure that the roach never made contact with my nostril
never touched it at all
and i dont drink and all so i am sure
cos i am totally sure that the roach never made contact with my nostril
never touched it at all
and i dont drink and all so i am sure
No doctors here only patients.
Also no risk for HCV, blood to blood contact only which means HCV infected blood would have to get into your blood stream.
For your HIV questions follow the link.
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/HIV-Prevention/show/79
Also no risk for HCV, blood to blood contact only which means HCV infected blood would have to get into your blood stream.
For your HIV questions follow the link.
http://www.medhelp.org/forums/HIV-Prevention/show/79
If all you did was smell the smoke, you have no worries.
You cannot get Hepatitis C or HIV from smelling a joint that is 1 inch away from your nostril.
Both diseases are spread via contact, not via smelling or inhaling.
Hepatitis C is spread blood to blood. You must get a Hepatitis C infected person's blood inside one of you blood vessels in order to contract the disease.
You cannot get Hepatitis C or HIV from smelling a joint that is 1 inch away from your nostril.
Both diseases are spread via contact, not via smelling or inhaling.
Hepatitis C is spread blood to blood. You must get a Hepatitis C infected person's blood inside one of you blood vessels in order to contract the disease.
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