You know Jim Henson the muppet man? That's how he bought it. Anyway not a scare tactic just a fact. Just because you don't have an abcess it doesn't mean you aren't infected.
The Bacterial infection that killed Henson-a particulary virulent strain of group A Streptococcus causes a toxic shock-like syndrome (TSLS) that can kill otherwise healthy people in a matter of hours of the onset of symptoms. This lethal bacteria, which in 1990 when Henson died, responded to no antibiotics and I do not know if a current antibiotic is available today. This is an organism that causes strep throat in kids, but for some reason kills adults very quickly.
What killed Henson so quickly was the virulent TOXIN by the Stroptococcus A and not the organism itself. So even if there was an antibiotic present to kill the organism, it is likely that the toxin it produced would have killed Henson anyway,since antibiotics do not clear toxins.
Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation, which is practiced by 50-60 MD's in the US (it is practiced by Dr. Edelson at Yale U. under the name Photopheresis and is used to treat Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma-a very rare cancer) will not only destroy the Strep A organism immediately but clears all organic toxins produced by such organisms, snakebites, bee stings, etc. The process costs about 135.00 dollars and is very simple. About 180ml of whole blood is extracted from the patient and run through a photoluminescent device that exposes the blood to UVA rays. The blood is returned to the patient and the immune system is "charged" to destroy any and all pathogens. The oxygen combining power of the blood is increased(for up to a month after treatment), steriods are activated, various enzyme systems are stimulated among many other beneficial things. It has been proposed that an"autogenous vaccine" is created and there is an influx of null cells produced, which have no antigen, and thus seek out any and all pathogens whether they are viral, bacterial, cancerous, or fungal. I have used it many times for treatment of flu, colds, allergies and it is without a doubt the revolutionary therapy of the age. it was discovered in 1928 by one Emmet K. Knott in seattle. He used it on women how had serious infection(bacterial) from "back alley "abortions. Some women did not respond to the sulfa drugs, had temperatures of up to 108-109 degrees and were written of as hopeless and terminal. After 1 and in some cases 2 exposures to UBI the women had there fevers break and were symptom free in 24-48 hours,completely healthy. There are no sides at all, has been thoughly tested on literally thousands of patients surrering from cancer,flu,allergies,rhumatism,polio,tuberculosis,malaria,blood poisoning, AIDS,all viral episodes,snakebite-virtually all infectious disease and works in 100 percent of all cases. It is so effective in AIDS in restoring immune function that supposedly an MD is starting a phase 1 FDA trial and DOES NOT EVEN WANT TO USE A CONTROL GROUP. If the hospital that Henson went to had used UBI (aka-photoluminescence,hemo irradiation,photo dymanic therapy) he would have survived his bacterial infection with no question.
If you make the decision to inject gear i think it would be prudent to locate an MD in your area that uses UBI. A case like Henson experienced is for real, and could happen to anybody with or without tainted gear.Usually after instituting UBI the doc will run a drip of h2o2-hydrogen peroxide which creates an even more profound response. H2o2 reacts with catalase and cyto-chrome c, 2 enzymes, that split h2o2 into h2o(water) and singlet oxygen. Singlet oxygen is what our immune system uses(from granulocytes) to oxidize pathogens. pathogens are anerobic(hate oxygen) and are killed immediately by O. If anyone is interested in locating an MD you can let me know-I have a list available in the US and international also.