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Author Tatyana Huseynova Published Today at 18:36
In the 1990s, there were many reports in Russia about drug addicts who scattered syringes with their own blood in order to infect other people with HIV and hepatitis.
. However, experts assessed the real risk for citizens.
Doctors point out that infected blood on a syringe needle retains the virus only for a short time. A dried drop of blood no longer poses a threat to humans, since HIV cannot exist outside the body for a long time.
Unlike HIV, hepatitis is more contagious and can remain active outside the body for a long period of time. However, a higher concentration of the virus is required to transmit the infection. According to experts, infection with hepatitis B or C by injection with a syringe with someone else’s blood is possible, but these forms of hepatitis are treatable.
Previously, doctors assessed the likelihood of contracting infections and the risk of developing drug addiction in a girl who was injured from a syringe with mephedrone stuck in her leg in a car sharing car. The teenager will need to be tested several times after the incident – after 6 and 12 months, to rule out the possibility of infection.
2023-08-27 15:37:02
#HIV #Hepatitis #Transmitted #Syringes
