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03-20-2008, 06:16 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Mar 2008
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| | | Diabetes contraction question
Hello,
My girlfriend has diabetes Type 1. She uses small needles to inject her self the insulin. Every time she finishes using the needle she uses a scissor to cut the head of the needle. The other day she cut the head of a used needle and the head of the needle got lost on the carpet. I was walking and accidentally step over the needle. I just had part of the small needle inside my right foot. I didn't say anything to her to not make her feel bad.
I'm at risk of contracting diabetes?
Thanks for the inputs. |
03-20-2008, 06:20 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| | | Diabetes is not transmittable at all. So you have no worry of getting it.
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03-20-2008, 06:34 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Texas
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| | | Don't worry one bit. Diabetes is not contagious in any way. You did give me a thought. When I was a teenager, and living w/my parents, I used to leave syringes in the refrigerator door and once my dad got stuck. He was pretty upset at me for being careless. I don't know why that made me laugh just now! That was many years ago.
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03-20-2008, 06:40 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
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| | | I'm not sure why she snips teh needle. There's no need. You can get sharps containers to put them in. Then you take the caontainer to your hospital or if you live in Canada your local pharmacy for disposal. Depending on where you live, you can get them free or at minimal cost.
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03-21-2008, 12:22 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kapiti, New Zealand
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| | | Like others have said... No. you can't get Diabetes that way.
Why chop the needle? I've never heard of that before. Better to keep them in one piece, in something they can't pierce through - or a purpose built sharps container.
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03-21-2008, 01:52 AM
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| | | No, you won't get diabetes because of that... But i'd suggest your girlfriend use either an approved sharps container or some other container hard enough for the needles to not pierce through, or use a real needle cutter that can be gotten from BD if she really wants to cut the needles. The real needle cutting things can hold over 1000 needles safely.
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On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4 
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen  |
03-21-2008, 11:05 AM
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| | | Thanks for the input.
She told me she cuts the used needles so no one else can use them by mistake. I will let her know about the sharp containers.
Thanks again. |
03-21-2008, 12:15 PM
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| | Quote:
Originally Posted by nicholson  Thanks for the input.
She told me she cuts the used needles so no one else can use them by mistake. I will let her know about the sharp containers.
Thanks again. | If she wants to cut the needles, there are special devices for that that also keeps the needles inside it  I'm seriously thinking about getting one of those instead of carrying a sharps container when i'm on the go It can cut syringe needles and pen needles
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen |
03-21-2008, 12:18 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 5,504
| | I would not cut needles myself, but have been known to bend them. Nobody uses a needle "by mistake". Get a sharps container and ask your girlfriend to use that from now on. Broken or cut needles are a hazard as you found out.
Not to worry, we are not contagious...
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03-22-2008, 10:33 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 1,411
| | | I think snipping the needles is very dangerous...to eyes, feet and anything in between! There is no need to do that... |
03-24-2008, 11:32 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 78
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by UpNorth If she wants to cut the needles, there are special devices for that that also keeps the needles inside it I'm seriously thinking about getting one of those instead of carrying a sharps container when i'm on the go It can cut syringe needles and pen needles | I use the BD safe clip, I keep one at work and one at home, I love not having to deal with sharps containers. It clips and KEEPS the needle, then you throw it away when full, it holds several hundred needles.
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03-24-2008, 06:01 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Texas
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