Hiv Feeling Of Needle Pricks

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pregnanat healtcare worker purposely pricked herself w/needle and now demands i take an hiv test and is getting workers comp

I am HIV negative as of one year ago and am celibate so no reason to have a great fear of carrying the disease. I was recently in a "chain" weight loss center having my blood drawn and the nurse wore gloves, and everything went ok. She...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,You are correct: You are not required by law to do anything. If you feel the situation is a "set up," advise the person in charge at the weight loss center. In case it's not a setup, you could offer to go with the nurse to a... Read more »

needle prick in butt @ party

i was at a party, that had alot of gay people there, some known to be hiv+. many people there were... Read more »

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suture needle prick

i am currently a 3rd year medical student doing my surgery rotation. recently i was suturing an... Read more »

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U.S., U.N. Drug Policy Heads Disagree on Needle Exchange for HIV/AIDS Prevention

Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters and Antonio Maria Costa, head of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime , on Monday at the 48th session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Austria, disagreed... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Washington: Ferries Install Bins for Used Needles

To reduce the risk of hepatitis and HIV, there are now disposal containers in all public restrooms aboard Washington state's 29 ferries, which transport more than 68,000 passengers daily. The red plastic containers, stamped with the biohazard... Read more »

Delaware: Senator Won't Quit on Needle Exchange

Delaware has the nation's fifth-highest HIV infection rate, and about 43 percent of the state's AIDS cases are attributed to IV drug use, compared with just 25 percent nationally. Delaware law requires a prescription to buy or possess a hypodermic... Read more »

Vancouver Study: Suburban Drug Users at Risk to Share Needles: Downtown Users Tend to Use Needle Exchange

Findings published in last week in the international journal AIDS indicate that the Vancouver drug users most likely to engage in sharing needles are single, young, male, live outside the city and get their needles from sources other than... Read more »

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Deliberate Needle prick

Posted by WorriedLad

Hi sorry to bother anyone here but im really looking for a bit of advice. Ive been living with an issue now for 3 years regarding something which happened to me whilst i was holidaying in Ibiza. I was stuck in the arm by someone with what i can... Read more »

Needles

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I work in a bad area of downtown Vancouver its the east side and anyone tht is from canada or comes to Vancouver often will know how bad it is and how much IV drug users we have down on tht part of town but i was jw if you say got pricked by a... Read more »

Burning and needle pics

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Hey all,

I feel like I am HIV pos...to scared to test. Had anal sex 6 weeks ago, do not know the person, and 2weeks after had dull aches in arm pits and pain in the groin....that went away after 2 weeks.....no flu no fever....but horrible headaches.
f... Read more »

AM I stabbed by HIV needle ?

Posted by fat_cats

This is 2 weeks ago and now , I am very anxious , I can't sleep and cry a lot .The important point that I can't tell about it to my parents . Ok , I and my mom walked around the lake 2 weeks ago and stopped to have some ice creams . At that time ,... Read more »

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