Have I been Exposed to HIV? Posted: 02-28-06 23:54pm
Hey about two weeks ago I went to the
emergency room for an eye problem. The eye
problem went away. When I was being
discharged from the room the nurse handed
me a pen upside down and because of my
blurry vision I thought it was
retractable; before I knew it I realized
that my thumb had pushed down on the tip
of the pen. It was really red but no blood
came out, it seemed as though some of the
ink had seeped under my skin. Then the
nurse said to me "oh that happens to
everyone". Thats when I freaked out. I
went back and she told me that it had only
happen to her daughter at home with a red
pen. She told me I didn't have anything to
worry about because you can't get hiv from
environmental surfaces. Could I have been
exposed to hiv eventhough the prick didn't
cause bleeding and there was no visible
blood on the actual pen to my
knowledge?
There are no likely chances that you were
exposed to HIV in the situation you’ve
described.
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