Guest guest Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 "Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated as I'vealso been worried when I draw blood back into the syringe and wonderafter I've done so and inject anyway if I am going to die and if I hita vein or what all this means? Here is the post from 2005... "This morning I was injecting myself with my weekly dose oftestosterone cypionate (by prescription), and when I pulled theneedle out, saw three or four large drops of blood from theinjection site. At the same time I noticed a sharp stingingsensation in the middle of my tongue (yes, my tongue!), and felt alittle queasy. The queasiness is still hanging on, a couple ofhours later. I figured I must have hit a vein, but the only thing Ican find online is "Don't inject into a vein, it may cause injury ordeath"! No word as to any symptoms to watch out for, etc., and nomention of any stinging sensation in the middle of the tongue. Hasanyone run into this same situation? I can't believe my doctorwould tell me it was okay to inject myself if I could accidentallykill myself in the process, but I am a little concerned aboutpotential side effects of injecting directly into a vein. I'm goingto place a call to my doctor, but since it's a clinic, I'm not surehow fast I'll get a response, so wanted to run this by group membersas well."Proper technique should always be observed when injecting. If you are not comfortable doing this, I would ask your doctor's office for more guidance.A slight pull-back of the needle is a good way to assure that you are not injecting a vein. Seeing a drop or two of blood at the injection site is not abnormal, and does not mean you are in a dangerous blood vessel. I have no idea why the original poster had an issue with his tongue. I think they queasiness was due to reactions to the thought of injecting himself.JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2007 Report Share Posted December 29, 2007 I believe I was the original poster back in 2005, and it turned out that I had indeed injected directly into a blood vessel (either the nurse forgot to tell me about drawing back the plunger first to make sure the needle wasn't sitting in a vein, or I missed that information among what seemed like a flood of instructions). When I called the clinic, the nurse asked the pharmacist on duty what would happen if you injected directly into a vein. His response was " Well, you wouldn't feel too good. " (So much for the learned medical response.) I can still remember the almost-instantaneous stinging sensation in the middle of my tongue -- I still have no idea why injecting directly into a vein caused that side effect, but it was quite real, as was the vague nausea as well as a distinctly greenish tinge to my face (the latter only lasted for a few minutes). I was later told by my doctor that if you draw back blood into the syringe, it means you're sitting smack in a blood vessel and you are supposed to pull the needle out and choose a new injection site. BTW, the queasiness had never occurred when injecting myself previously, and hasn't happened since, so I'm going with the pharmacist's comment (see above). > > " Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated as I've > also been worried when I draw blood back into the syringe and wonder > after I've done so and inject anyway if I am going to die and if I hit > a vein or what all this means? Here is the post from 2005... > > " This morning I was injecting myself with my weekly dose of > testosterone cypionate (by prescription), and when I pulled the > needle out, saw three or four large drops of blood from the > injection site. At the same time I noticed a sharp stinging > sensation in the middle of my tongue (yes, my tongue!), and felt a > little queasy. The queasiness is still hanging on, a couple of > hours later. I figured I must have hit a vein, but the only thing I > can find online is " Don't inject into a vein, it may cause injury or > death " ! No word as to any symptoms to watch out for, etc., and no > mention of any stinging sensation in the middle of the tongue. Has > anyone run into this same situation? I can't believe my doctor > would tell me it was okay to inject myself if I could accidentally > kill myself in the process, but I am a little concerned about > potential side effects of injecting directly into a vein. I'm going > to place a call to my doctor, but since it's a clinic, I'm not sure > how fast I'll get a response, so wanted to run this by group members > as well. " > > Proper technique should always be observed when injecting. If you are > not comfortable doing this, I would ask your doctor's office for more > guidance. > > A slight pull-back of the needle is a good way to assure that you are > not injecting a vein. Seeing a drop or two of blood at the injection > site is not abnormal, and does not mean you are in a dangerous blood > vessel. I have no idea why the original poster had an issue with his > tongue. I think they queasiness was due to reactions to the thought > of injecting himself. > > JB > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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