Be alert for symptoms, especially those of hepatitis, such as fatigue, nausea and sometimes vomiting, lack of appetite, swollen glands and sore throat. Smokers with hepatitis may develop a distaste for tobacco. Yellowing of the skin and eyes can be present. Treatment of hepatitis involves several weeks of rest, usually at home, taking vitamins and following a special diet. Several weeks after the injury you may want to have a blood test to assure that you have not contracted syphilis.
Puncture wounds have a way of happening to the most unsuspecting people in hospitals.
To insure that they aren't a problem and to provide everyone with a safe working environment, we need to be alert to all hazards that may result in puncture wounds, and then take action to eliminate them. Puncture wounds are a serious matter.