# Bumped Into Someone On Street And Got Cut. Health Risk? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 19, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897 "2014-08-19T14:02:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/21 "2014-08-19T17:18:46Z")
"_You can’t handle the truth!"._ ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/22 "2014-08-19T17:24:14Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Aren’t you the guy who couldn’t remember if he got sodomized? And you are still staying in the hostel? > > Like the polar bear said, “You don’t come here for the hunting, do you?” > > Regards, > Shodan I probably didnt get raped. Thats a different story. I mean I have no memory of it…just a sore anus. It could be hemmorroids or something. Yea I am still staying at the hostel. Like I said in my first post…its actually the reason I was out and about at 6 am this morning. Some guy brought home a girl to the bunk bed above me and I didnt want get smushed if it caved in so I woke up and left early. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/23 "2014-08-19T17:51:08Z")
I hope I never have reason to type the sentence “I probably didn’t get raped.” ---
**Author:** ![Jman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jman/32/4416_2.png) [@Jman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/24 "2014-08-19T17:52:44Z")
How, exactly, does one ‘look gay?’ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/25 "2014-08-19T18:27:46Z")
> [@Jman](#): > > How, exactly, does one ‘look gay?’ He was extrapolating from the cock in the guy’s mouth. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/26 "2014-08-19T18:39:13Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Aren’t you the guy who couldn’t remember if he got sodomized? Great party line when you can’t remember a guy’s name. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/27 "2014-08-19T20:03:39Z")
I’ve had worse cuts than that on my eyeballs. I don’t understand your obsession with that teeny little scrape. ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/28 "2014-08-19T20:06:45Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I’ve had worse cuts than that on my eyeballs. I don’t understand your obsession with that teeny little scrape. Did you miss the part that it came from a gay junkie’s dirty needle?!!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/29 "2014-08-19T20:17:03Z")
A needle punctures it doesn’t scrape. It looks top me like the guy may have got you with an fingernail. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/30 "2014-08-19T20:20:43Z")
Does “Go see a fucking doctor” ring a bell? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/31 "2014-08-19T20:24:14Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > It looks top me like the guy may have got you with an fingernail. :eek: You know where that finger’s been?!? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/32 "2014-08-19T20:28:51Z")
Actually in this case it might be better not to see a doctor. Since you got AIDS if you go to the hospital you’ll just end up giving everyone else AIDS and that is not a very Christian thing to do. Look, God is obviously trying to give you AIDS, which you already have. First he got you gay raped and then he stuck you with gay junkie needles. Don’t fight Gods’ plan or you. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/33 "2014-08-19T20:43:30Z")
> [@ineedthetruth](#): > > … he had a mean look on his face and all sleepy looking. Does not compute. Mean-looking expressions are alert, ready to fight. Sleepy-looking expressions are definitely not alert or ready to start a brawl. > [@ineedthetruth](#): > > … Can you see my logic? I know I know…the doctor. But the thing is the doctor can’t do anything for me at this point… No, I cannot see your logic. If in your opinion, a doctor – a trained medical professional who would presumably be able to see your cut in person – “can’t do anything” then what the hell do you expect from a bunch of anonymous internet strangers, the vast majority of whom have absolutely no medical background? If nothing else, if you get it looked at soon, they’ll give you something antiseptic (or apply it themselves) to prevent the scrape from getting infected\*\* which in my personal opinion should be more of a concern at this point. Look, I get it: you were in a position to possibly, potentially, maaaayyyybe be exposed to a communicable disease but you have to wait to get tested. That’s a frustrating feeling, and I sympathize with that aspect. But, again – _ **Column A:** _ a trained medical professional who would presumably be able to see your cut in person _ **Column B:** _ a bunch of anonymous internet strangers, the vast majority of whom have absolutely no medical background I know whose opinion I’d trust. \*\* Oh, man, I hope I didn’t give your anxiety-ridden brain a fresh, new worry. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/34 "2014-08-19T20:55:25Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Actually in this case it might be better not to see a doctor. Since you got AIDS if you go to the hospital you’ll just end up giving everyone else AIDS and that is not a very Christian thing to do. Look, God is obviously trying to give you AIDS, which you already have. First he got you gay raped and then he stuck you with gay junkie needles. Don’t fight Gods’ plan or you. Real funny dude. Your nothing but a troll. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/35 "2014-08-19T20:56:56Z")
> [@ineedthetruth](#): > > Real funny dude. Your nothing but a troll. Calling others trolls in this forum (In My Humble Opinion) is against the rules. Don’t do it again. You can call people trolls in The BBQ Pit and there only, so make a topic there if you want to do that. Idle Thoughts IMHO Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/36 "2014-08-19T20:57:46Z")
Go. See. A. Doctor. And then see a psychiatrist. (You still don’t know what caused the pain in your butt – just because you didn’t get raped doesn’t mean the doctor can’t help you.) At the very least, you’ll have peace of mind. I have OCD, and trust me, it was a nightmare until I finally sought help. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Does not compute. Mean-looking expressions are alert, ready to fight. Sleepy-looking expressions are definitely not alert or ready to start a brawl. Or he could just be someone who always looks mean. People tell me I always look like I’m pissed off, or sad, even when I’m not. (BTW, how did the root canal go?) ---
**Author:** ![Emiliana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@Emiliana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emiliana)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/37 "2014-08-19T21:08:59Z")
Woman life can be weird too. Anyone have any extra commas? ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/38 "2014-08-19T21:31:16Z")
> [@ineedthetruth](#): > > Real funny dude. Your nothing but a troll. [Interesting…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=731479) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/39 "2014-08-19T21:41:19Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Go. See. A. Doctor. And then see a psychiatrist. (You still don’t know what caused the pain in your butt – just because you didn’t get raped doesn’t mean the doctor can’t help you.) At the very least, you’ll have peace of mind. I have OCD, and trust me, it was a nightmare until I finally sought help. > > Or he could just be someone who always looks mean. People tell me I always look like I’m pissed off, or sad, even when I’m not. > > (BTW, how did the root canal go?) How did you fix your OCD? Do I have the characteristics of someone with OCD? I went to a root canal specialist and he told me I had the most difficult root canal he has ever done. He could barely do it he said. Umm…besides that so far it’s been good. I have not really noticed any health problems. I mean I do have some weird pains since then in my right arm but I cannot link it to the root canal for sure. I am glad I did not pull the tooth actually. That would have been a big mistake. But overall my root canal has not caused me any problems 🙂 Thanks for asking. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897/40 "2014-08-19T21:49:00Z")
Yes, I think you might. And I haven’t “fixed it”. OCD isn’t fixable – there is no cure. I am, however, on medication, and I went to therapy to learn how to deal with it, to find ways to cope with it. At the very least, what could it hurt seeing a doctor? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bumped-into-someone-on-street-and-got-cut-health-risk/695897.md?page=3)