Ive heard stories about people getting HIV from needles left in movie seats or gas pumps. Is it really possible to get HIV from a needle stick?
NO. This is an Urban legend with no basis in fact (more information follows). But wait! You do recall that HIV can be transmitted in IV drug use or even ‘dirty’ tattoo needles, that is a needle stick. Here is the difference. A needle handed from one person to another during drug use (or in the rare cases of tattoo needles) is fresh out of the blood stream and headed directly into another blood stream. HIV is actually weak compared to other virus’s when it comes to surviving out of the body. It dies in seconds when exposed to air and if there is no fluid, it is also dead. (There is a general rule of thumb in ‘Universal Precautions’ – If it’s wet, it’s dangerous. Meaning that dried blood or semen on a floor or wall has no danger of HIV infection. Stronger blood born virus’s such as Hepatitis is much more likely). Granted, HIV may live longer when it is in the barrel of the needle, but it still must have something inject that fluid into a blood stream for infection (merely being ‘stuck’ w
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