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Painful Arm After Sustaining An Injury While Injecting Drugs. How To Treat This?
Last night my bf shit me up in my arm Not in the main vain but the one closer to my elbow a small bubble appeared on my vain with a bruise. I have severe pain all down my arm it's been over 12 hours and I'm still in terrible pain and unable to move my arm without pain. I absolutely will not go to the emergency room or a doctor i do not want anything on my medical records of me being a junkie. I even want to quit but can't find a suboxone doctor that takes my dshs insurance. I'm so afraid I've caused some really bad damage and my arm will stay like this forever or get worse and that I might need medical attention to save it. I don't want to lose my arm or die. How can I tell if I'm in trouble? What can I do to fix my injury?
Hi, seems like you do actually need medical help. What you have described seems to be a condition called as thrombophlebitis i.e. inflammation of the vein which was used for injection as the injecting solution might be impure, irritating to internal structure of the vein etc. My concern here is if improper injection technique was used, the injectable solution might go deeper in tissues to cause further tissue damage. My sincere advice at present is enquire about thrombophobe (heparin) ointment which shall dissolve the blood clot formed at injection site & help regularise the blood flow & hence reduce the pain. You can also take simple over the counter analgesics like Ibuprofen for pain along with application of ice pack at pain site for rapid relief. You should seriously consider getting detoxed by contacting a Psychiatrist/addiction specialist. Best wishes
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Painful Arm After Sustaining An Injury While Injecting Drugs. How To Treat This?
Hi, seems like you do actually need medical help. What you have described seems to be a condition called as thrombophlebitis i.e. inflammation of the vein which was used for injection as the injecting solution might be impure, irritating to internal structure of the vein etc. My concern here is if improper injection technique was used, the injectable solution might go deeper in tissues to cause further tissue damage. My sincere advice at present is enquire about thrombophobe (heparin) ointment which shall dissolve the blood clot formed at injection site & help regularise the blood flow & hence reduce the pain. You can also take simple over the counter analgesics like Ibuprofen for pain along with application of ice pack at pain site for rapid relief. You should seriously consider getting detoxed by contacting a Psychiatrist/addiction specialist. Best wishes