I was sitting in the bus yesterday and a guy walked pass my left side and bumped his bag on my left arm pretty hard. I felt a sharp object that scratched my arm. I had a look and it started to bleed.
When the bus stopped, I walked up to the guy and ask him to show me what was in his bag and I immediately noticed some sharp object sticking out of the fabric of the bag.
He then pulled out a book out of his bag and I can see the metal book binder sticking out.
My question is should i get a tetnus shot? I have a vague feeling that he did it purposely but he did apologize. What is the chance of catching Hep C or other diseases if he did in fact hurt someone else with the metal before me?
Please advice
2007-10-11 02:58:12 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
You can't get hep c from a metal book binder, so relax. It is only transmitted by blood to blood contact from an infected person to a non infected person through medical equipment like hypodermic needles, tattoo needles, kidney dialysis machines, etc. It can also be passed from mother to child in childbirth, or to a lesser degree by people sharing razors or toothbrushes, but not by notebooks. Best wishes.
2007-10-11 13:33:32 · answer #1 · answered by cindy1323 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think you should get a tetanus shot. to be sure. i heard it can be spread by blood to blood contact with a person who has it.
2007-10-11 03:12:49 · answer #2 · answered by I.Am.Titanium 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
almost nil stop worrying
2007-10-11 03:09:35 · answer #3 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋