I'm trying to put my friend's mind at rest, can anyone help?
She has OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) and worries constantly about being infected with diseases - especially HIV and Hepatitis B/C.
Anyway, what happened is she saw a tiny line/mark of something red on her finger (on that transparent bit between her finger and nail).
She hasn't come into contact with any blood today (as far as she knows), and her healthcare workers are always telling her not to jump to the conclusion that everything red she sees is blood.
Well, what happened is when she saw this red on her she wet her finger with some spit and tried to rub it off, it didn't come off so she thought it couldn't be blood - so she then put the same finger on the end of her tongue again to get some more spit to rub it once more - it still didn't come off.
Wanting to make sure further she got a cotton bud and wet it with spit, then she rubbed the mark again and this time it came off. She's worried she's now infected.
2007-06-11
11:30:40
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Mark B
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