Jsmith22321
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- Jul 5, 2014
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IV stims complication!!
First off I am new on here and not sure if I am posting in the right section so bare with me. I need help. I have been IVing opiates and other drugs for years now. Tonight is the first time I have had any type of complication. I will be as detailed as possible because I have googled and found similar situations but not exactly the same. I set up a shot of ritalin and injected into the crook of my right arm. The vein there is fat and I always favor that spot. I was using a short tip 30g needle. I registered and began pushing it in then I stopped and registered again making sure I was still in. I felt no pain at all. I pulled the pin out and applied some preassure onto the site with a clean napkin. I got a decent rush and nothing was out of the ordinary. I got in the shower and started to feel my arm becoming slightly numb and noticing it start to swell a bit. After I got dressed and laid down there was a golf ball sized lump forming on the inside of my elbow and my entire forearm was swelling up and becoming very tight down to my wrist. It felt mushy not hard at all and there was no localized lump like a normal miss. It's been about 5-6 hours and the swelling has stopped but remained inflammed just not as bad. It's not red or dis colored in any way. The only pain is a dull ache. What could have caused this????? It does not seem like an infection because of the rather immediate swelling....I don't think it was a miss either because it was virtually painless and IV Rits hurt like a mutha even if less than a single cc is missed. Has this happened to anyone before?? What could be the cause??? Damaged vein?
First off I am new on here and not sure if I am posting in the right section so bare with me. I need help. I have been IVing opiates and other drugs for years now. Tonight is the first time I have had any type of complication. I will be as detailed as possible because I have googled and found similar situations but not exactly the same. I set up a shot of ritalin and injected into the crook of my right arm. The vein there is fat and I always favor that spot. I was using a short tip 30g needle. I registered and began pushing it in then I stopped and registered again making sure I was still in. I felt no pain at all. I pulled the pin out and applied some preassure onto the site with a clean napkin. I got a decent rush and nothing was out of the ordinary. I got in the shower and started to feel my arm becoming slightly numb and noticing it start to swell a bit. After I got dressed and laid down there was a golf ball sized lump forming on the inside of my elbow and my entire forearm was swelling up and becoming very tight down to my wrist. It felt mushy not hard at all and there was no localized lump like a normal miss. It's been about 5-6 hours and the swelling has stopped but remained inflammed just not as bad. It's not red or dis colored in any way. The only pain is a dull ache. What could have caused this????? It does not seem like an infection because of the rather immediate swelling....I don't think it was a miss either because it was virtually painless and IV Rits hurt like a mutha even if less than a single cc is missed. Has this happened to anyone before?? What could be the cause??? Damaged vein?
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