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What Are The Symptoms In Case Of Using A Per-used Syringe?

my baby is 8 month old. he was injected amikacin on 18th of april. today he is fine but i'm afraid that the needle was reused. what If incase the needle was reused? our local doctor says that everything is fine as theres no symptom shown within72 hours. is it true?
Mon, 22 Jun 2015
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM!
If the needle was reused and it was infected than the infection could be transmitted to your baby. The most common infections would be Hepatitis B and HIV. Both of them have an incubation period of several months (a period when the pathogen is in the body but it is not still strong enough or in the right numbers as to cause clinical signs or symptoms).
From the information you provided it is not clear as where the injection took place (health clinic, hospital etc). However, if your baby has been immunized from hepatitis B at birth and at 3rd and 6th month after birth, then he/she needs not to worry. Also, the risk of the needle being infected with HIV should be extremely low. Therefore your doctor is probably right and you do not need to worry.
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What Are The Symptoms In Case Of Using A Per-used Syringe?

Hello, Welcome to HCM! If the needle was reused and it was infected than the infection could be transmitted to your baby. The most common infections would be Hepatitis B and HIV. Both of them have an incubation period of several months (a period when the pathogen is in the body but it is not still strong enough or in the right numbers as to cause clinical signs or symptoms). From the information you provided it is not clear as where the injection took place (health clinic, hospital etc). However, if your baby has been immunized from hepatitis B at birth and at 3rd and 6th month after birth, then he/she needs not to worry. Also, the risk of the needle being infected with HIV should be extremely low. Therefore your doctor is probably right and you do not need to worry. Best!