Posted by AMD on June 25, 2005, at 15:26:55
Folks,
The last time I did cocaine was with a group of four other people, mostly clean-cut but definite partyers. We were sharing a straw. After I had done a line I removed the straw from my nose and noticed the tip had a bit of blood on it, as if it had contacted some irritated, bloodied skin and the blood had smeared the end of the straw.
Now I'm worried I may have contacted a disease from one of the other people from my apparently open wound.
I know HCV is theoretically transmittable this way, but what about other diseases? Staph, for example. I found some articles stating that it is "highly likely" to be infected with staph via an open wound this way as most of the bacteria collects in the noses of people. So now I'm worried I'm going to get boils on my skin soon or be disfigured, or something. And then there's HCV, I mentioned.
Ugh! I'm freaking out! I have an image of having snorted up every disease known to man via this exposed route.
(My nose wasn't gushing, at least. But if I, say, stick a tissue up it there will be a tiny blotch of red from where it hits high up in my nasal cavity. This has remained for a couple weeks.)
Is it likely I will have picked up something that will make me very sick or chronically ill via this exposure? Am I making too much of this?
amd
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