Hepatitus Through a Needle? Posted: 12-05-03 01:52am
I take inter-muscular growth shots. I
moved a new apt 2 months ago. In my
first week I was vacuming. I found that
somehow a needle in the vacum hose. It
was sticking through the hose. Now this
needle could have been one of mine from
when I was vacuming my old apt and I may
have dropped a needle on the floor (as
stupid as this sounds) and vacumed it up.
Therefore, this needle could be mine.
However, thoughts started racing through
my mind, what if it's not mine. I live
alone so it could not of come from anyone
else at my old apt.
My question is this: this needle was the
same size as my needles. It's an
inter-muscular needle (quite long). This
needle looked as though it had been quite
old, very dusty etc. What are the
chances of contracting hepatitus of other
stds through an old needle head?
I've heard that with hiv if hiv infected
blood is exposed to air for more than 7
seconds, hiv is dead in the blood.
