HIV from needle

[dihan23]

Day before yesterday I got bitten by a unknown insect,after it bitten me I got inching,vomit,and stomach pain.so,I visited hospital to get TT injection.in that hospital after consulting the doctor we have to go to nurse cabin to get injection.after injection we have to pay to the nurse.
after consulting the doctor,I went to nurse cabin to get injection.there she was registering the next patient's name and there was already a patient inside the room who got injected before me.
So,when I informed her that I have to get TT injection,she took a new syringe and filled it with the medicine in to it.during that the person who injected before me came to pay to the nurse.nurse collected the amount with the same hand where she has my syringe and that currency note made contacr with my needle.after that she injected it in to my hip and all these things happened within 2 minutesminutes.
My question is if the patient has her blood in her hand from rubbing the needle injection site and with the same hand she paid to nurse and that currency note made contact with the needle which is injected into me means can it transfer hiv to me?
another thing is when I asked her for injection she was registering another patients name after collecting the money,as most of them are suffering from cold or fever,if that patient has cough or runny nose,and with the same hand if they paid means can it Tranfer hiv to me I'm asking this because that currency note is touched by both nurse and that patient before it touched my needle and injected into me.
I don't know the status of those two previous patienst.so,it's worring me too much.
Please help me.

[Jim Allen]

Hiya

No it's not possible whatsoever.

This is totally irrational ... Move on with your life

[dihan23]

You may think I'm irrational.but i saw that currency note made contact with the needle with my own eyes and the time taken between that previous patient and me is roughly 1 minute and she gave the currency note with the same hand with which she rubbed the needle puncture site.
It makes me depressed to go through this,even my parents are saying I'm thinking too much.i know I'm thinking too much because it's my life.i want to make sure i have nothing and I'm good.

[Jim Allen]

What you saw is not a HIV risk. It lacks all the biological and environmental conditions for this to be a HIV concern, and its irrational as its up there with shaking hands or using the same bathroom concerns. 

So HIV can not transmit the way you fear, its fragile does not remain infectious once exposed outside the confines of the body as the receptors breakdown, it also can't replicate outside the host or on objects like the banknote and requires route and quantity to infect and so on and so on ...

Your fears lacks any facts to make this a real issue, and there is nothing you are going through except coping with your own thoughts and, in this case irrational fears. Now its not that I don't care, but I can't help you with that.

Now, I'm sorry but this is a limited online setting and we provide risk assessments. You had no risk from this event! If this situation was your only concern, than move on with your life! If you can't move past this event than seriously consider speaking to a professional therapist face to face.   

Here's what you need to know in order to avoid hiv infection:
Use condoms for anal or vaginal intercourse, correctly and consistently, every time, no exceptions. Consider starting PrEP as an additional layer of HIV prevention for the future.

Keep in mind that some sexual practices which may be described as safe in terms of HIV transmission might still pose a risk for far to acquire STI's, so please do get fully tested regularly and at least yearly for all STI's including but not limited to HIV and test more frequently if unprotected intercourse occurs

Also note that it is possible to have an STI and show no signs or symptoms and the only way of knowing is by testing.

More information on HIV Basics, PEP, TaSP and Transmission can be found through the links in my signature to our POZ pages, this includes information on HIV Testing

Kind regards

Jim

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