Emmanuel77
23-08-11, 12:03
I am a healthcare provider and im working on a hospital. one day at work, i was instructed by the doctor to insert an IV fluid to a patient. Not knowing what the case of this patient is, i inserted the IV fluid. i didn't remember if i hand washed after or put alcohol. i also dont remember if i have an open wound in my fingers but i just cut my fingernails a day before. i didnt punctured my hand but im sure i touched the needle. then the doctor told me to put the patient in an isolation room. i asked him why and he said its a possible case of rabies. after the shift on my work and i returned home, when i was about to sleep i feel like im having a flu. i feel like my nose is irritated. i dont know if its because of the smell of the newly painted door. the next day , i had cough and it is my day off at work. the following day i returned to work and i followed up the patient to see the diagnosis. it is confirmed to be rabies. the next day i went to the animal bite center to have shots. i was previously given PEP, no RIG given, a year ago because i was exposed to a rabies patient and also a booster, 1 dose only, is given to me when i was again exposed to a possible rabies patient. the guy in the center told me that i will be given a booster shot again and he also said to come back early next day to have shot because stocks are out. the next day i was given the booster and another booster was given after 1 day.
three weeks after the incident in the hospital, i experienced an increase in my saliva and kept on swallowing. i didnt pay much attention in it but then i became worried because it didn't stop even if i do something. i was now thinking that i have rabies, i was nervous, i tested myslef if i was hydrophobic and went to have a shower. after a minute in the shower i stopped the water because i was afraid. to my despair i thought i had rabies. i slept that night thinking i was gonna die. but i woke up in the next morning tested again myself in the shower, but this time im not afraid.
i told myself, what is going on? then i think im thinking too much of having rabies. i continued to work but then i often think of i have rabies. i sometimes, feel like im afraid of water, light and air but when i go drink and eat im not having any difficulties in swallowing. im now very vigilant on my swallowing always feeling if i have difficulty in swallowing. i didn't consult any doctor at our hospital because i think they would just tell me to observe myself and dont be such a wuss.
im now very nervous when mealtime comes, im always nervous when food and water is around, thinking i might be afraid to eat and drink but when i do i dont have any difficulties in swallowing only being nervous. im now having loss of apetite due to this. im now also feeling my stomach is having spasms and i feel i dont want to eat. im trying to tell myself that im ok but whenever i swallow and my saliva increases i always think of i have rabies.
im having this feeling for about 5 weeks now since that incident in the shower and about 8 weeks since the incident with the patient. its killing me, im so stressed, im always nervous and depressed, whenever i feel happy i always return to being depressed thinking i have rabies and im gonna die...
i always have an increase in saliva, im always nervous whenever food, water, light and air is around. but when i "test" myself with these, im not having difficulties in swallowing and fear of light and air. but im so nervous.
can somebody please tell me what to do? do i have rabies? is this my dead end? i cant concentrate very well right now. somebody please help me...
three weeks after the incident in the hospital, i experienced an increase in my saliva and kept on swallowing. i didnt pay much attention in it but then i became worried because it didn't stop even if i do something. i was now thinking that i have rabies, i was nervous, i tested myslef if i was hydrophobic and went to have a shower. after a minute in the shower i stopped the water because i was afraid. to my despair i thought i had rabies. i slept that night thinking i was gonna die. but i woke up in the next morning tested again myself in the shower, but this time im not afraid.
i told myself, what is going on? then i think im thinking too much of having rabies. i continued to work but then i often think of i have rabies. i sometimes, feel like im afraid of water, light and air but when i go drink and eat im not having any difficulties in swallowing. im now very vigilant on my swallowing always feeling if i have difficulty in swallowing. i didn't consult any doctor at our hospital because i think they would just tell me to observe myself and dont be such a wuss.
im now very nervous when mealtime comes, im always nervous when food and water is around, thinking i might be afraid to eat and drink but when i do i dont have any difficulties in swallowing only being nervous. im now having loss of apetite due to this. im now also feeling my stomach is having spasms and i feel i dont want to eat. im trying to tell myself that im ok but whenever i swallow and my saliva increases i always think of i have rabies.
im having this feeling for about 5 weeks now since that incident in the shower and about 8 weeks since the incident with the patient. its killing me, im so stressed, im always nervous and depressed, whenever i feel happy i always return to being depressed thinking i have rabies and im gonna die...
i always have an increase in saliva, im always nervous whenever food, water, light and air is around. but when i "test" myself with these, im not having difficulties in swallowing and fear of light and air. but im so nervous.
can somebody please tell me what to do? do i have rabies? is this my dead end? i cant concentrate very well right now. somebody please help me...