How to handle when a stranger is stabbed with HIV

When suddenly a needle "stunned" by an "stranger" suspects the blood with HIV, we must not squeeze the blood but must calmly wash the wound under clean water and then go to the nearest medical facility for your help. Doctor.

How is first aid when a needle is stabbed?

Bao Kiem counselor (commonly known as Tuan "motherc") of the Ho Chi Minh City HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control Committee said that when a sharp object stabbed people often panic and manipulate, in fact we do not should do so.

According to Mr. Kiem, first of all, the person who was stabbed by the needle had to be calm and take the hurtful things out of the body. Special attention should not be taken to squeeze blood because it is easy to make the mucosa, blood vessels rupture and the virus will be more easily penetrated. It is best to leave the wound under clean water for at least 5 minutes so that the infected blood and fluid will pass away. Then use gauze to stop bleeding.

When being stabbed by a "stranger" with blood, it must be calm to find a way to deal with it.(Artwork: SHUTTERSTOCK).

In case of secretions or blood of suspected HIV shot in eyes, nose, or mouth, rinse or rinse mouth with clean water or biochemical saline of 0.9% for 5 minutes.

Mr. Kiem emphasized: "Immediately after the first aid steps, immediately go to medical facilities to test and treat exposures within 72 hours to get the best results. In the course of unidentified treatment HIV infection or not, it is necessary to actively take preventive measures for people around ".

When visiting a medical facility, in the case of a stabbed needle, the patient should bring a needle to test. At the same time, the doctor will assess the risk of infection and appoint preventive treatment through exposure.

When is it possible to get HIV?

Mr. Kiem said that not all cases of contact with epidemic, blood of HIV-infected people are at risk of infection and not all cases of exposure are ill.Depending on the specific situation, determine if a "stranger" stabbed the needle into the infected person.

"When you see the object holding the needle in the syringe and see the fresh blood stabbing yourself in the form of blood pumping in the cylinder, the chance of getting HIV is very high. If using a needle and jerking it out immediately, the possibility of infection HIV is low because the blood sticking to the tip of the needle will dry out immediately, so the chances of getting HIV will be much lower , " said Mr. Kiem.

Blood sugar is the fastest route of HIV transmission.(Artwork: REUTERS).

There are two common routes of exposure: blood sugar and sex. Blood sugar is when a right-hand needle is used, a sharp object has fresh blood from an HIV-infected person or a shot of an infected person or fresh blood from the eye mucosa. Sexual sugar is when having sex with an HIV-infected person who does not use a condom, or who has a condom that is torn or slipped, leading to exposure.