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Pain In Penis After Reused Needle Worried I Have HIV
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RE-USED NEEDLE??? (VICIOUS CYCLE OF HIV TESTING, 2010)Dr. Bob, I have to say I feel SO unbelievably stupid asking this... but it's really, really been bothering me!! I got 2 HIV antibody tests done at 6 months post exposure, within about 2 weeks of each other. They both came back negative! But...Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
Hi,Your fears are irrational and that's why you "feel so unbelievably stupid asking this . . . ." These types of fears are more common than you might anticipate. (See below.) My advice to you is exactly the same as my advice to others...
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Nevada Doctor Says Vendor OK'd Needle Guide ReuseIn a half-page ad in Wednesday's Las Vegas Review-Journal, lawyers for Dr. Michael Kaplan said the urologist was following a vendor's instructions when he reused needle guides during biopsies. Kaplan ceased the practice "the moment a question... Read more »Rhode Island: Doctor Sanctioned for Reusing SyringesThe Rhode Island Department of Health has sanctioned a doctor it says reused syringes, putting patients at risk for disease. Health officials said Dr. Augustus Marsella reused disposable syringes for vitamin B-12 injections, which he administered... Read more »New York: Wider Probe Into Reused Syringe CaseThe investigation into Dix Hill anesthesiologist Dr. Harvey Finkelstein has been expanded to include patients he treated as long ago as 1994, the state health department said Tuesday. An earlier probe determined the doctor had contaminated multidose... Read more »Delaware: Senator Won't Quit on Needle ExchangeDelaware 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 »
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