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armyhelmetman · 06-07-2005, 08:32 PM

im sorry but i needed to know can you get HIV from sticking yourself with needles. i really like pericing parts of my skin im the only one to use the needle i use and its clean as no one used it before me but i use it more than once a day with out washing it. can i get HIV from it ?

lost spirit · 06-07-2005, 08:49 PM

If you shared a needle with someone who was hiv+ there is a posability but if you're the only person who used the needle there is no chance at all .
Hiv is transmitted to person to person .

armyhelmetman · 06-07-2005, 08:51 PM

ok thanks so as long as no one eles uses it im fine

lost spirit · 06-07-2005, 09:59 PM

Yes BUT a non sterilised needle can grow bacteria though so when you peirce always make sure you're needles are very very clean and always make sure that you also sterilise the spot you are going to pierce .
By washing it with soap and water and also cleaning it with alcahol .
Hiv is a virus and can not grow on the needle by itself unless some1 else used the needle befor you . ( if you use and clean the needles you're self you have nothing to worry about )
But bacteria can and also cause some very bad infections so be very careful and clean each and every time when you use them .
In good health ..............
............ Lost Spirit ...................