What's the worst that could happen if you use an unsterilized syringe?

Question

What's the worst that could happen if you use an unsterilized syringe?

Answer 1

Well... A dirty feral disease that you WILL have to live with for the rest of your life, or die prematurely from kinda springs to mind...

If you're planning on using syringes for any other reason (recreational) aside from doctors orders, than i'd suggest you go to a chemist and get new clean ones... In Australia, i believe that chemists give them out to drug users (If that's where your heading???) for free, to assist in the avoidance of SPREADING aids, Hep B, C, etc...  

Answer 2

INFECTION, THEN DEATH

Answer 3

Obviously  possible blood contamination-HIV, Hepatitis, not knowing what was in the needle before could mean injecting remnants of a drug, you could easily get an infection. of the skin,vein or into your bloodstream which is very bad news. The short answer is that NOTHING good can happen from using an unsterilized needle and the list of bad things is long and very severe. The fact that you are even considering doing such a thing shows a craving that is intense enough for you to take such a ridiculously huge risk-the good news is that at least there is part of you still reasonable enough to weigh the risk. Please let this be a signal that you need immediate help and get into treatment. IV drug use is a devastating addiction-please get help now.

Answer 4

Death from AIDS!

Or some other disease!

Answer 5

HIV or Hepatitis, i would imagine.

Answer 6

When you say unsterilized do you mean a re-used needle or one that  is just not sterile?

There is a big difference.

If you use one that has been used, you run the risk of obtaining any disease process which can be transferred via blood, i.e. aids, hepatitis, and others.  as there is no cure for these diseases, the end game would be death.

If you are talking about an opened needle which is just not sterile, you run the risk of obtaining an infection.  If this infection is in your blood referred to as sepsis, you also run the risk of an even more immediate death than Aids or Hepatitis.

Don't even think about using a non sterile needle.

Answer 7

AIDS of course.

Anything that is viral.  We just got a severe outbreak of Hep C from the clinics reusing syringes.  Clinic was shut down and investigation was opened.

Answer 8

You die .