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HIV question please advice
Hello Doctor,
I took rabies vaccine in a government medical. The syringe was already loaded with vaccine. It was in a plastic container. One ice packet also was in the container. The container seems a bit moist. But i saw one used syringe was there without needle.
As i took vaccine from the same container. How much risk of HIV? If that used syringe already infected with hiv!! The moisture contact with my syringe needle get me infect ? My syringe needle was in a red cap but still i am feeling anxious. If moisture get in to the cap and touch my syringe needle. I will get infect ??????
Please help me doctor!!
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Its unlikely
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If you were suspecting any contamination with hiv , you need to go for post exposure prophylaxis with in 72 hours of exposure, though the risk for transmission of HIV through needles is .3% . Don't get anxious, but be cautious.
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Dr. Gaurav Khosla
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4 yrs exp
New Delhi
It is highly unlikely. As soon as the hiv virus gets exposed to air it becomes inactive being pretty fragile. Also hiv doesn’t spread by air or moisture
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Very rare. Pl consult. Pl object if such procedures are following in any institutio. Take your own sure he.
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Dr. Vivek Gautam
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Greater Noida
kindly connect
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