Medical, accupuncture and AIDS

Alice Tayl
#1 / 3

accupuncture and AIDS

A friend of mine is seeing an acupuncturist and
wants to know if there is any danger of getting
AIDS from the needles.

Thanks,

-alice

Sun, 08 Oct 1995 08:15:03 GMT

Euclid
#2 / 3

accupuncture and AIDS

Quote:

>A friend of mine is seeing an acupuncturist and
>wants to know if there is any danger of getting
>AIDS from the needles.

Ask the practitioner whether he uses the pre-sterilized disposable
needles, or if he reuses needles, sterilizing them between use. In the
former case there's no conceivable way to get AIDS from the needles. In
the latter case it's highly unlikely (though many practitioners use the
disposable variety anyway).

euclid
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Sun, 08 Oct 1995 09:08:37 GMT

Robert Greenste
#3 / 3

accupuncture and AIDS

Quote:

>>A friend of mine is seeing an acupuncturist and
>>wants to know if there is any danger of getting
>>AIDS from the needles.

> Ask the practitioner whether he uses the pre-sterilized disposable
>needles, or if he reuses needles, sterilizing them between use. In the
>former case there's no conceivable way to get AIDS from the needles. In
>the latter case it's highly unlikely (though many practitioners use the
>disposable variety anyway).

It is illegal to perform acupuncture with unsterilized needles. No licensed
practitioner would dare do this. Also there is not a single documented case
of transmission of AIDS via acupuncture needles. I wouldn't worry about it.
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Mon, 09 Oct 1995 23:53:34 GMT