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Harm Reduction Injection Complications FAQ and Mega Thread

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for an excuse as to what to say about me havin a fuckin corrupted artery or to what this is exactly
 
Errrm...no?

Last time I fucked up my arms using the needle, he helped me loads. :)
 
Say your allergic to bees and got stung and someone had an epy pen and stuck you wrong. Worth a shot EM don't ask for doc records. And honestly Ive seen worse but its not WORTH IT. I would beg you to go, just to avoid the small chance you may be worse off. I mean you could even say you fell on a needle or something.
 
ya if u saw the bottom of my arm i got these 2 tiny circle blood blister lookin things its to obvious i dont even care thof uck it. i can honestly feel my fuckin pinky middle and ring finger imploding with blood and popping and its fuckin with my mind i look like such a tweaker right now, every fuckin 15 seconds i raise my right hand lol
 
Cellulitis
Cellulitis refers to a painful spreading inflammation of the skin, which appears red and swollen with fluid (this is known as oedema).

Cellulitis can occur as a result of:

* irritant substances lodged in body tissues; and
* serious infection.

Where cellulitis is suspected the client should be referred for immediate medical advice. Treatment includes resting and raising the affected limb, and treatment with antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs.

Advice for people who have had cellulitis would include the following measures to prevent reinfection:

* using sterile injecting equipment;
* using sterile water where available and discussing alternatives where it is not;
* avoiding the injection of irritant or heavily adulterated drugs; and
* removing rings prior to injecting if injecting in the hands.
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right, first recommendation: see a doctor ASAP, no excuses. you can give all the excuses in the world but you need medical attention. what you're describing sounds like a classic case of cellulitis. cellulitis isn't something you want to hum and har over whether you should see a doctor or not, you have to see a doctor. so one more time with me "i must see a doctor, asap"

do you have any ibuprofen or aspirin on hand that you can take right now? that will help with the inflammation and take some of the pain away while you get driven to the hospital. an antibiotic would probably suffice if you have some but you're going to get a course of these from your doctor

you've been doing the right thing so far by keeping your arm elevated, so that's one thing you have going for you at the moment. but there isn't any other home remedies you can pull off to avoid further problems because you have to see a doctor who will give you a course of antibiotics to use.

somewhere in your IV process your shot has been contaminated with some kind of bacteria, so you definitely need to work on that if you intend on shooting up in the future.

thanks for putting in the paragraphs after i'd read that;)
 
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for an excuse as to what to say about me havin a fuckin corrupted artery or to what this is exactly
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the doctors will be a little wiser to the fact, so why bother lying to them. you'll only put yourself at further risk by lying to the doctors as well. tell them the truth so you get the right treatment the first time. this isn't a situation where a little white lie won't harm anyone
 
and na its my grandpa whos letting me live with him and i dont have no insurance card hed have to go with me and its gonna suck tellin him i was shootin up gonna change things. AND is it good to rub the inflamed area? and like i said bro there is 0 pain just a little bruise feelin when i press on it that isnt even worth blinken over. its the fuckin numbing and pressure. fuck its annoying
 
i know it's a hard situation you're in, i really empathize your position even though i havent been there, but i'm sure you pop would rather a grandson with two arms rather than one. your short term personal problems pale in comparison to possible long term physical problems.

i must have misread something you typed...

are you still experiencing a lot of pain over the injection site? is there still inflammation and redness? give me the low down on how it is right now.

it's late here and i havent been sleeping well so i've probably missed something in your OP
 
helllll ya this is what imma say. i just got in a kinda big fight the other week and i got a black eye and shit and they know this. ill show him those 2 blood blisters which are needles but ill say there from the fight and ill jsut be like i gotta go to the doctor cuz i think i gotta bacteria. than when im with the doctor alone ill tell him whats up cuz i think i may got that crazy version teh deep thrombosis..... i was pretty far in

the pictures are on the dot pretty much. i wouldnt call it pain id call it more fuckin vain damage? it feels like my veins broke and all my bloods tryn to get thru but it cant it can only go out so i put my arm down to get some in there thru the other artery on my right arm and than i gotta raise it cuz the pressure builds way to much

hey i dont think i even hit an artery. i think i just fuckin dominated a regular vein and popped that bitch cuz that was one of the causes and honestly i didnt have any pain throut any of it pretty much except when i broke skin that was like the worst of em, and that aint nothin
 
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ok i got 3 options i can do. just tell him which is only if its neccecary, which it wont ever be, that or i think i can go by myself which might just be a waste of valuable time in my eyes.

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i tell him i got those in the fight i got in last week and they got infected ;D hes 85 ill handle it
 

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yeah you would have known it straight away if you'd have hit an artery. you would have felt an incredible amount of pain instantly and you wouldn't have been able to push the plunger down even 10units. and you've followed the proper procedure of applying pressure and raising the area until you'd sought out medical attention.

you're definitely experiencing pressure around the site, yeah? is there a dull throbbing pain or is it more an acute pain?

just giving you a heads up that i'm going to edit your posts into one post to clean the thread up
 
hell ya it cuts off circulation from my hand/forearms to my bicepsts a dull throb for sure, and im readen up on it and i probly got the serious one if anything, the one where its deep tissue with the veins ..... this could be all bad but i aint gonna stress on it. i couldnt have gotten deeper with that needle i dont think. one of the causes is bursting a vein which is most def what i did, and my blood was darkkk red which i know is not how arterys are
 
grandpa takes my bro to school in 2 hours imma roll with them to the docs i havnt slept in 2 days tho u think the doctors gonna try to get me in a rehab or anythin? and dog im a fuckin dumb for tryn to shoot, those 2 circles were missed veins that i didnt commit to but i still fucked up somehow. i didnt no what i was doin and i never gonna shoot myself again and i doubt anyones ever gonna shoot for me, so i think its safe to say my needle career is done after 2 weeks, with 3 shots in all. and leftwing thank u alot for ur help and concern man, if it werent for u i would not be gettin this help i need. well if i would be itd be way more chaotic cuz id be goin bymyself with no money or insurance to a fuckin huge ass hospital. now my grandpa gonna handle it
 
fuckkkk man this is all bad.........
Necrotizing fasciitis - google that those are my symptoms to the T. its the deep tissue version.. this is all bad man



hahahaha nvm look at the pics.
 
that's good to know, im glad you're going to a doctor:) the doctors have no right to try and push any rehab shit on you and i doubt they will try to. to be brutally honest they'll probably treat you with less respect than any other patient there, they'll want to get you in and out. it's sad but true because we injectors are sub-human to them. just do yourself a favour and don't go acting out on your frustrations and cause a scene if they do happen to be difficult with you.

and don't get too down on yourself, we all make mistakes. you're making the right choice now and that's what matters from here on in. it's probably in your best interest you quit your IV career now. i know i wish i'd never opened up pandora's box and learnt how to inject.

let us know how it goes at the hospital

ps - don't go scaring yourself with all those other conditions, you're only going to stress yourself further. you'll have a proper diagnosis soon, when youre at hospital
 
Superficial ulnar artery - 110 percent thats it. no doubt about it. and i was right it was an artery lol. im goin in like an hour ill let u no whats up.
 
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