Medical Question

[Mully]

OK.. So my doctor ordered some blood work to be done for me. No problem. Went in on Wednesday and it was a piece of cake. Didn't even feel a thing. The few times I've done this, I get someone who can't seem to find a vain and pokes the shit out of me. Anyway....I now have a good size bruise (4 days later) in that same general area with swelling. No pain unless I touch that area, then hurts like a son of a bitch. Is this normal? Should I be concerned?

Thanks in advance....

 

[77sticks]

Not unless the bruising doesn't go away for a couple of weeks or it hurts without having to touch it.

 

[MadJack]

you're fine

 

[THE KOD]

OK.. So my doctor ordered some blood work to be done for me. No problem. Went in on Wednesday and it was a piece of cake. Didn't even feel a thing. The few times I've done this, I get someone who can't seem to find a vain and pokes the shit out of me. Anyway....I now have a good size bruise (4 days later) in that same general area with swelling. No pain unless I touch that area, then hurts like a son of a bitch. Is this normal? Should I be concerned?

Thanks in advance....

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there is a solution to this needled stabbing.

Just as the nurse preps your arm and comes forward with the needle you say this

if you have to stick me more than once , I am going to rip your tongue out of your head.

works for me anyways :shrug:

 

[Wineguy]

You are fine Mully. Just a bruising thing, nothing else. Maybe a palpitation issue/find the vein but otherwise you are good.

 

[SixFive]

should be fine, and this was most likely caused because not enough pressure was held on the site after the blood draw. You probably bled a little into the subcutaneous tissue which now shows as a big bruise. In the future, hold your arm up and hold direct pressure to the site for one minute. Some people (even if they aren't on a blood thinner) just seem to freely bleed after having blood drawn.

 

[ImFeklhr]

I found it weird when they took it out of the top of my hand. :shrug:

 

[lowell]

I found it weird when they took it out of the top of my hand. :shrug:

then it probably hurt more that way. i always drink loads of water before lab work. helps them find the vein more easily.