HIV needle fear

[wingo22]

HI all,


I wasn't able to sleep at all last night. I went out with my wife, parked our car and got out of the drivers seat. As I turned around to walk, I saw what looks like a needle on the parking lot ground. There is a picture there. I called my wife over, and she looked at it and said yeah that is a syringe. I am freaking out that I may have stepped on it, or it somehow punctured me. The only thing holding me together is that the needle is way up near the driver's wheel, and I don't remember walking there.

I am so scared this thing has come in contact with my skin. If you look at the picture, my car is on the right, and my drivers door is maybe 4-5 feet away from it, and I really doubt I would step on a needle due to my fear of HIV and this stuff.
Any advice?

[lucymarie]

You would know if you had been jabbed with a needle unless it only touched your shoe - in which case no harm done anyway.

[wingo22]

Thanks!

hanks!



I was also thinking this morning that I don't even know where the "needle" would have hurt me. Like did I step on it with my right foot, or left foot?

If I did truly step on it, I would definitely know where and with what part of my body touched it right???

[Shadowhawk]

Thanks!

hanks!



I was also thinking this morning that I don't even know where the "needle" would have hurt me. Like did I step on it with my right foot, or left foot?

If I did truly step on it, I would definitely know where and with what part of my body touched it right???


So, some food for thought:
Between 1985-2013, there was only ONE reported case where a health worker acquired HIV through a needle stick, and he was a lab worker working on a live virus:
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6353a4.htm?s_cid=mm6353a4_w

An NIH study in 2008 of 200+ children with a confirmed needlestick showed non receiving HIV (or Hep):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18676535

Sleep easy, this is not a concern at all. Had you actually been stuck, you would have noted it (aside from the pain, the shoes rubber would likely stop the needle before it could even harm).

[MRS STRESS ED]

Thanks!

hanks!



I was also thinking this morning that I don't even know where the "needle" would have hurt me. Like did I step on it with my right foot, or left foot?

If I did truly step on it, I would definitely know where and with what part of my body touched it right???

why would think this ?

and why does the needle have to be used by someone that is hiv positive :shrug:

And its not as though it was right next to your car were you could not of missed stepping on it.

l would say stop overthinking you would of known about it xx

Best wishes

[wingo22]

Thanks everyone!
I think just because I actually saw it up near the front wheel I got freaked out. My wife has been good with me talking about how I just had no reason to walk up to the fence, and only stepped out of the drivers seat to where that yellow leaf is. I do believe that, but still have doubts sometimes. My wife gave me the scenario that if I did step on it, I would have rushed myself to the hospital right away, and not finished our errands. Also, if the doctor asked me to show him where the needle punctured me, I would not be able to do that.

[Fishmanpa]

My wife gave me the scenario that if I did step on it, I would have rushed myself to the hospital right away, and not finished our errands. Also, if the doctor asked me to show him where the needle punctured me, I would not be able to do that.

Good job on using reality to help dispel your fears.

Positive thoughts