Question 1

bloodborn pathogens(hiv,hepc,etc) from dried blood(last time someone used the nail clippers was atleast 4 months ago) on nail clipper and having a small wound on toe/nail area. is there a risk if the blood is from atleast 4 months ago on nail clipper?

Accepted Answer

No: HIV or Hep B/C cannot be transmitted in above presented scenario. Skin or soft tissue infections remain possible and watching the wound until healed is recommended.

Question 2

i have eczema, so i constantly have open-wounds on my body. a doctor told me  that this puts me at a higher risk of catching infections. what illnesses/diseases should i especially keep an eye out for then? how about bloodbourne pathogens?

Accepted Answer

Skin infections: You are greater risk for skin infections. Even bugs that are harmless to other people may cause skin infections in you. You should consult a dermatologist for treatment of eczema.

Question 3

how do you get syphilis?

Accepted Answer

Exposure to germ: Syphillis is usually transmitted sexually thru contact with an infected person. That person may be asymptomatic and or have thought they had a flu like illness as their only symptoms. Risk of transmission is estimated at 30% per contact during the contageous phaze. Infected women pass it to their babies during pregnancy in the first years they have untreated disease.

Question 4

how does syphilis spread?

Accepted Answer

Skin to skin contact: Syphilis is spread via skin to skin contact with an infected painless sore called a chancre. If the infected sore come into contact with another person during any type of sexual activity then the other person is at risk and should be tested.

Question 5

is syphilis spread in the air?

Accepted Answer

No: Syphillis is not spread in the air like a flu or cold. Transmission requires direct contact with the germ.This can be as it passes mom to baby in her blood, thru a tainted blood transfusion(they test it to avoid that) &direct contact with sores during sex or other contact.

Question 6

how common is syphilis in the us?

Accepted Answer

8/100,000 people: He reported rate varies rising from 3/100, 000 inn 2001 to 8/100, 000 in 2009, the last year complete data is available.

Question 7

how is syphilis spread in the body?

Accepted Answer

Blood: Syphilis si spread through the body through the blood stream.

Question 8

what make syphilis recur or relapse?

Accepted Answer

2 reasons: Either reinfection or Inadequate treatment.

Question 9

can you really go crazy from syphilis?

Accepted Answer

Yes: In the past when syphilis was common, the so called tertiary type occurring years later in the course of disease caused the so called gpi (general paresis of the insane) mistaken for purely psychiatric disease.

Question 10

syphilis makes you go mad, is that true?

Accepted Answer

It still does: About a third of people with untreated syphilis eventually suffer brain damage, and this often takes the form of general paresis, a horrific brain disease with bizarre behavior progressing to dementia. If you have any concern that you may be carrying syphilis, please get seen -- it still happens today.

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Bloodborn pathogens(hiv,hepc,etc) from dried blood(last time someone used the nail clippers was atleast 4 months ago) on nail clipper and having a small wound on toe/nail area. is there a risk if the blood is from atleast 4 months ago on nail clipper?

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I have eczema, so i constantly have open-wounds on my body. a doctor told me that this puts me at a higher risk of catching infections. what illnesses/diseases should i especially keep an eye out for then? how about bloodbourne pathogens?

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